Politico December 11, 2025
In a last-minute plea, insurers are urging Republicans to crack down on fraud in their industry.
Health insurers are admitting they have a fraud problem. It’s part of a last-ditch attempt to convince Republicans to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies that have juiced profits the last four years.
For an industry that has long said fraud claims were overblown, it’s a big turnabout. Republicans don’t seem interested in keeping the subsidies at the levels Democrats increased them to in a 2021 Covid relief law, despite a year-long insurer-led lobbying campaign stressing how the subsidies made insurance affordable for millions.
Republicans have responded by stressing that fraud concerns are a principal reason they cannot extend the subsidies without a major overhaul. Health...
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