{"id":553539,"date":"2023-02-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/subsidies-have-boosted-affordable-care-acts-enrollment-its-setting-up-a-potential-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T11:00:00","slug":"subsidies-have-boosted-affordable-care-acts-enrollment-its-setting-up-a-potential-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/subsidies-have-boosted-affordable-care-acts-enrollment-its-setting-up-a-potential-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"#Subsidies have boosted Affordable Care Act\u2019s enrollment. It\u2019s setting up a potential fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a28dd3236\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23a28dd3236\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/subsidies-have-boosted-affordable-care-acts-enrollment-its-setting-up-a-potential-fight\/#Subsidies_have_boosted_Affordable_Care_Acts_enrollment_Its_setting_up_a_potential_fight\" >Subsidies have boosted Affordable Care Act\u2019s enrollment. It\u2019s setting up a potential fight<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Subsidies_have_boosted_Affordable_Care_Acts_enrollment_Its_setting_up_a_potential_fight\"><\/span>Subsidies have boosted Affordable Care Act\u2019s enrollment. It\u2019s setting up a potential fight<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/doctor_041106_getty_ACA.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Health insurance sign-ups through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) jumped by nearly 2 million during the most recent enrollment period, which ended in mid-January, totaling 16.3 million people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The gains suggest the program known as Obamacare is going strong, despite repeated efforts by Republicans to kill it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It also suggests subsidies provided to the program through two massive pieces of legislation spearheaded by President Biden had an influence. The subsidies were established by the American Rescue Plan in 2021 and subsequently extended through the Inflation Reduction Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really speaks to the improved affordability of ACA Marketplace plans. The expanded subsidies made ACA Marketplace plans a whole lot more affordable and attractive for people,\u201d Krutika Amin, associate director at the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), told The Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The potential problem down the road for the Affordable Care Act is that these critical subsidies are set to expire in 2025 and would have to be renewed by Congress in order to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Both the White House and Democrats in Congress have called for the subsidies to be made permanent, but Republicans are likely to oppose those efforts.<\/p>\n<p>That sets up a battle within next year\u2019s race for the White House and the congressional majorities.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans on the House Budget Committee recently proposed cutting these subsidies to help address the nation\u2019s debt. A change like this could impact future enrollment, casting a shadow on the expanded access to health care the Biden administration has included among its hallmark achievements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In its proposal, the House Budget Committee suggested c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing ACA subsidies to 400 percent of the poverty level and below, essentially returning to the original standards set by the ACA. The panel estimated that \u201crecovering overpayments\u201d could save the government $65 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether a GOP majority would actually move forward with such a proposal is a real question, say some analysts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kind of skeptical about this precisely because this is something that the budget committees do every year. It doesn\u2019t represent necessarily something that the Republican majority would support <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly speaking. It\u2019s a starting point for some kind of a discussion,\u201d Joseph Antos, a health policy analyst at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute, told The Hill.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Antos noted the Republican Study Committee made no mention of reducing ACA premium subsidies in its proposed alternative budget for 2023, with the plan mostly focusing on regulatory changes to the program.<\/p>\n<p>Ending the subsidies would be a politically fraught endeavor, especially with the program\u2019s expanded use and popularity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe old saying is that once you\u2019ve handed somebody an entitlement, you can\u2019t take it back. And that\u2019s what the ACA is,\u201d said Antos. \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult for a politician to actually take a cut in anything that directly affects voters. It really doesn\u2019t matter whether you think that the people who are benefiting most are more likely to vote Democrat or Republican. It leaves a bad taste in everybody\u2019s mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Amin from KFF noted that the income limit for subsidies proposed by House Republicans would set a cutoff at a little over $54,000 in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that does happen, where ACA subsidies are once again capped up to that income level, then some people \u2014 particularly middle-income people and older people \u2014 will have to pay a lot more for easy marketplace plans,\u201d Amin said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amin gave the example of a 60-year-old individual making about $55,000 annually. With the current subsidies, such an individual would pay about 8 1\/2 percent of their income for a Silver health plan, a mid-level plan available through the Marketplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf the GOP proposal to cap the subsidies \u2026 moves forward, the 60-year-old would have to pay over 20 percent of their income on average in some states,\u201d said Amin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While he did not touch on this specific proposal, Biden made it clear during his State of the Union address last week he would veto any legislative attempts by Republicans to drastically change the health care landscape, including access to abortion at the federal level and potential cuts to Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the subsidies, administration officials and health care stakeholders also attributed the boost in enrollment to concerted efforts on outreach and awareness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Liberal health care advocacy group Protect our Care cited the administration\u2019s investment into the ACA\u2019s Navigators program as another reason for the increasing enrollment numbers. Navigators are essentially ACA enrollment advisers who are tasked with raising awareness of Marketplace plans and assist consumers in preparing their applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nation\u2019s uninsured rate is at the lowest it has ever been in history,\u201d Protect our Care said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re finally starting to reach the true potential of the Affordable Care Act, and you see that reflected in the enrollment numbers. The lesson here is that the American people want us to keep pushing these policies forward until we ensure that everyone has the care they need to thrive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) echoed these sentiments, saying the level of outreach had risen to an \u201cunprecedented scope and scale\u201d this past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cEnrollment outreach included investments to reach multiple audiences that experience lower access to health care. CMS has partnered with cultural marketing experts, for example, to deliver strong campaigns to African Americans, Spanish and English-speaking Latinos, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in multiple languages,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>CMS invested nearly $100 million in grant funding to 59 Navigator organizations for this year\u2019s enrollment period, another record amount according to the agency\u2019s spokesperson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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It\u2019s setting up a potential fight Health insurance sign-ups through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) jumped by nearly 2 million during the most recent enrollment period, which ended in mid-January, totaling 16.3 million people.\u00a0\u00a0 The gains suggest the program known as Obamacare is going strong, despite repeated efforts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":553540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/doctor_041106_getty_ACA.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[18203,134344,77311,51697,117,134343,134353,4941,80445,991,71525,73015,70289],"class_list":["post-553539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-barack-obama","tag-administration","tag-affordable-care-act","tag-budget","tag-business","tag-campaign","tag-court-battles","tag-donald-trump","tag-healthcare","tag-joe-biden","tag-national-security","tag-obamacare","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}