The Problem with America’s Health-Care Subsidies
Strain thinks the enhanced measures – a temporary solution during the pandemic – should expire.
The US federal government shutdown is a standoff over health care, likely ending with an extension of temporary health-insurance subsidies adopted during the pandemic.
However, this would not address America’s high health-care costs or fiscal imbalance.
In Washington, DC, Democratic Senators have delayed reopening the US federal government to extend health-care subsidies set to expire at the end of 2025.
“I’d like to see a deal done for great health care,”
US President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem open to a deal with Democrats on subsidies, but only after the government shutdown ends.
Trump stated,
“I’m a Republican, but I want to see health care, much more so than the Democrats.”
Author's summary: America's health-care subsidies are a temporary solution.