Politico November 10, 2025
The GOP megabill stripped subsidies from hundreds of thousands of green card holders and other legal migrants. Experts predict ripple effects for citizens.
Congress remains mired in a bitter debate over the fate of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that could subject some Americans to triple-digit premium hikes if allowed to expire at the end of this year.
But with open enrollment newly underway, there is little discussion about the one group set to feel the full brunt of the premium increases: hundreds of thousands of legal, taxpaying immigrants.
A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Republicans passed in July strips all Obamacare subsidies from low-income lawfully present immigrants — those authorized to work and live in the country but...
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