HEALTHCARE
2 min readGOP and Democrats Propose Competing Healthcare Plans as ACA Subsidies Near Expiration
TrueGov Editorial Team•3 days ago•2 min read
Republicans suggest health savings accounts while Democrats push for subsidy extension
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Congress faces a mid-December deadline to address expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that currently benefit over 20 million Americans. President Trump has promised a better alternative to the ACA, while Democrats advocate for extending the existing subsidies. The Congressional Budget Office projects that permanently extending these subsidies would increase the number of insured Americans by nearly 4 million over the next decade at a cost of $350 billion.