Politico December 11, 2025
The most affordable plan depends on how much health care is used.
Democrats and Republicans are each claiming the bill they’re putting up for a Senate vote Thursday is the more affordable option for tens of millions of Obamacare health insurance customers.
It depends on the customer.
The GOP plan could save money for healthy, better-off enrollees. For sicker and lower-income enrollees, Democrats’ plan is the more affordable option. Neither the Democratic bill, from Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, or the Republican one, from Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Mike Crapo of Idaho, is going to pass, but each side is hoping that offering a plan will save them from voters angry about the spike they’re going to see in...
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