Republicans Must Hold the Line on Obamacare Subsidies

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With nearly $450 billion at stake and evidence of widespread fraud in the ACA marketplace, I argue why Republicans should resist extending temporary Obamacare subsidies:

Congressional Republicans should heed President Trump’s advice to “hold the line on the shutdown” and resist efforts to extend the temporary COVID-era Obamacare subsidies. Negotiating with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats on these subsidies not only puts our country further in debt, but could have serious political consequences heading into the midterms.

After more than a decade of broken promises, Obamacare still fails to empower patients or reform healthcare markets for the better. While flooding insurance companies with higher profits, it leaves taxpayers footing the bill for waste, fraud, and abuse.

Read the full column at HealthPlatform.News.