The Trump administration is discussing options to ease health insurance sign-ups if Congress doesn’t soon reach an agreement on extending health care premium tax credits, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said Tuesday.
If Congress extends the credits after the Nov. 1 start of open enrollment, the administration could offer consumers a special enrollment period to sign up for health insurance coverage on the marketplace or help insurers issue rebates to enrollees, among other options, Oz explained.
The expanded tax credits, also described as health care subsidies, expire on Dec. 31. Insurers say it will be extremely difficult for them to adjust premiums for the 2026 plan year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them before the end of the month.
