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April 16, 2025
Senate GOP Accidentally Makes ACA Subsidy Extension 'Free'
Modern Healthcare
Senior Policy Advisor Larry Bucshon was quoted in a Modern Healthcare article analyzing the Senate GOP's novel budget approach that could make extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits appear "free" by using a "current policy baseline" rather than traditional budget methods. The article explored how Senate Republicans' accounting tactics – originally designed to make Trump-era tax cuts deficit-neutral – may now also clear the path for continued enhanced health insurance subsidies without adding to official budget costs, a move with far-reaching policy and political implications. Mr. Bucshon noted that maintaining consistency in how budget rules are applied across different priorities will be important as lawmakers debate these changes.
"If you want to have any credibility that you used it for the tax legislation, then it has to be applicable to the extended tax credits," he said.
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"If you want to have any credibility that you used it for the tax legislation, then it has to be applicable to the extended tax credits," he said.
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