Healthcare Finance News January 16, 2026
The “Great Healthcare Plan” promotes a cost-sharing reduction program to cut premiums in the ACA.
President Donald Trump has released the “Great Healthcare Plan” that promises to slash prescription drug prices, reduce insurance premiums, hold big insurance companies accountable and maximize price transparency.
Money would be sent directly to consumers’ health savings accounts instead of to insurance companies, according to Thursday’s release from The White House.
The plan has no extension of the Affordable Care Act premium subsidies that until Dec. 31 were paid to insurers to lower premiums. Without the subsidies, premiums in ACA plans were expected to double, with many dropping coverage.
The issue created a bipartisan divide that shut down the government in October.
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