Obamacare customers with sky-high premiums will get no help through Cassidy’s plan, Democrats and policy experts say

Politico November 20, 2025
Robert King

With the enhanced subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, Democrats say they see no choice but to extend them

It’s too little, too late for Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) Obamacare subsidy compromise.

That’s the message from health policy experts and Democrats on Cassidy’s proposed middle ground over Congress’ stalemate on expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

Democrats are rallying around an extension of the subsidies that go away after this year. They maintain, along with some policy experts, that Cassidy’s approach would do very little to help consumers with skyrocketing premiums — assuming it could even be implemented in time.

“We insist that the ACA tax credits have to be renewed and extended, period,” said Senate Minority Leader...

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