Oz Offers Recourse if Congress Can’t Quickly Resolve Subsidies

Oz offers recourse if Congress can’t quickly resolve subsidies

The Trump administration is discussing options to ease health insurance sign-ups if Congress doesn’t soon reach an agreement on extending health care premium tax credits, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said Tuesday. If Congress extends the credits after the Nov. 1 start of open enrollment, the administration could offer consumers a special enrollment period to sign up for health insurance coverage on the marke…

Health advocates, state officials brace for ‘sticker shock’ if ACA tax credits expire

A generous federal tax credit for health care, created during the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to expire at the end of the year, which will drive up health care costs for about 190,000 Marylanders..(Getty Images)Marylanders who purchase health insurance on the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace could see their monthly health expenses skyrocket unless Congress decides to extend a popular pandemic-era tax credit that’s set to expire this year, a…

US Senate Democrats push GOP for extension of expiring health care tax credits

U.S. Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, left, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin speak at a press conference on Sept. 16, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — A trio of Senate Democrats urged Republican lawmakers at a Tuesday press conference to extend and make permanent the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025.   Senate Minority Lead…

Tammy Baldwin, Senate Dems push GOP for extension of expiring health care subsidies

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin | Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States NewsroomWASHINGTON — A trio of Senate Democrats urged Republican lawmakers at a Tuesday press conference to extend and make permanent the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire at the end of 2025.   Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, warned that the expiration of these credits …