With millions of Americans bracing for the cost of their health insurance premiums to go through the roof when Covid-era tax credits expire at the end of this year, Republicans in Congress are mulling whether to use the same partisan tactic they used on the unpopular One Big Beautiful Bill Act this year to force through direct cash payments in line with President Donald Trump’s most recent musings on health care costs.
During an event in the Oval Office earlier this month Trump responded to a question about what he’d like the GOP Congress to do about the impending deadline by repeating a line he rolled out several weeks back, pushing the idea of direct payments that, in his estimation, could help Americans defray health care costs even though most people do not purchase insurance individually but as part of a large group, whether through an Affordable Care Act exchange or through an employer.
