Trump circulates plan to rescue Obamacare for 2 more years as millions face spike in health care costs in January | Fortune

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The White House would also require those on Obamacare, regardless of the type of coverage, to pay some sort of premium for their Obamacare plans.
55% : Most Democratic lawmakers had insisted on a straight extension of the tax credits, which expire at the end of the year as a condition of keeping the government open.
55% : "They understand that the vast majority of people who benefit from these tax credits live in states the President won, and that the President's own pollsters have underscored the enormous political urgency of Republicans acting.
54% : The baseline tax credits that were originally part of the Affordable Care Act were capped at 400% of the federal poverty level, but that cut-off was suspended because of the temporary COVID-era credits that allowed middle- and higher-income people to benefit from subsidies too.
50% : Eligibility for the Obamacare subsidies, which were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people afford health care coverage, would be capped at 700% of the federal poverty level, according to two people with knowledge of the proposal.
42% : Americans shopping for Obamacare coverage have already faced the sticker shock of price hikes, because the window for selecting next year's coverage began Nov. 1.
37% : The draft plan suggests that President Donald Trump is open to extending a provision of Obamacare as his administration and congressional Republicans search for a broader policy solution to a fight that has long flummoxed the party.
24% : " "The fact that President Trump is putting forward any offer at all to extend the Affordable Care Act's tax credits shows that there is a broad understanding that inaction in this regard will cause serious harm to the American people," Hassan said.
17% : " In 2017, Trump fell short in a push to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, an embarrassing defeat for Republicans who had just seized control of all levers of power in Washington.

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