Only Defensible Obamacare Deal

At a time when Republicans should be building on President Trump’s greatest first-term health care victory, some are trying to give Democrats everything they want on Obamacare for nothing in return. That weak approach would protect Democrats from accountability for Obamacare’s junk coverage and outrageous premiums.

Democrats are continuing to block a deal to end the government “shutdown.” They say they won’t vote to pay federal workers — my wife is still working, without pay — unless Republicans extend the temporary Obamacare subsidies that Congress created during the Covid-19 pandemic. Those subsidies should have expired with every other emergency measure, yet Democrats kept them through this year.

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Michael F. Cannon

Michael F. Cannon is the director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute.

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At a time when Republicans should be building on President Trump’s greatest first-term health care victory, some are trying to give Democrats everything they want on Obamacare for nothing in return. That weak approach would protect Democrats from accountability for Obamacare’s junk coverage and outrageous premiums.

Democrats are continuing to block a deal to end the government “shutdown.” They say they won’t vote to pay federal workers — my wife is still working, without pay — unless Republicans extend the temporary Obamacare subsidies that Congress created during the Covid-19 pandemic. Those subsidies should have expired with every other emergency measure, yet Democrats kept them through this year.