1. La expiración de los subsidios mejorados del ACA.
Los subsidios adicionales implementados durante la pandemia para reducir los costos de los seguros médicos bajo el Affordable Care Act (ACA) están llegando a su fecha de vencimiento, generando una intensa disputa sobre su carácter temporal o permanente.
- The aca is still in place, and the subsidies. Biden era subsidies, meant to help during the pandemic, were written to sunset end of 2025. They were called enhanced subsidies and thats what republicans refuse to continue.
- The enhanced subsidies started during the covid-19 pandemic under the biden administration and helped dramatically decrease the cost of premiums for these plans. The trump regime and republicans refused to extend the aca subsidies.
- The expanded subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year were passed as part of bidens pandemic-era american rescue plan. They were never meant to be permanent - when they expire the aca subsidies will return to their pre-pandemic status quo.
2. Impacto económico y aumento proyectado de las primas.
La finalización de estos créditos fiscales amenaza con duplicar o triplicar los costos mensuales de salud para millones de familias, afectando especialmente a los sectores de ingresos bajos y medios.
- Aca subsidies expire premiums spike for millions what to know congress had until dec. 31, 2025 to strike a deal extending tax credits that were first enacted during the covid-19 pandemic.
- Without an extension of those subsidies, health premiums could more than double for millions of people across the country. The enhanced subsidies were first put in place during the covid-19 pandemic.
- At issue are tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the covid-19 pandemic. The subsidies are slated to expire at the end of the year. Their expiration would more than double what subsidized enrollees currently pay for premiums next year.
3. El cierre del gobierno y la parálisis legislativa.
La exigencia de los demócratas de extender estos beneficios frente a la negativa republicana ha provocado un estancamiento en las negociaciones presupuestarias, resultando en un cierre parcial del gobierno federal.
- Stop the stupidity the democrats have shutdown the governmentto protect pandemic-era expansions of obamacare premium subsidies that were never meant to be permanent.
- Democrats are continuing to block a deal to end the government shutdown. They say they wont vote to pay federal workers... Unless republicans extend the temporary obamacare subsidies that congress created during the covid-19 pandemic.
- The government shut downs following democrats refusal to vote for a spending bill that did not include an extension of temporary affordable care act aca, aka obamacare, subsidies passed during the pandemic.
4. Desafíos en telemedicina y cobertura de Medicare.
Además de los subsidios del ACA, otras flexibilidades de la era pandémica, como el acceso a la telemedicina para beneficiarios de Medicare, enfrentan un "abismo" de financiamiento que pone en riesgo la atención de los adultos mayores.
- Telehealth for medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to payments for the service.
- While telehealth expanded under medicare during the covid-19 pandemic, medicare recipients will no longer be able to use telehealth services in many cases when coverage ends on january 30.
- Medicare isnt ending telehealth is. Shutdown politics just ripped away pandemic-era telehealth access that 6.7m seniors relied on. Congress traded grandmas doctor visit for a headline.
5. Controversias sobre créditos fiscales y gestión del IRS.
El debate se extiende a la gestión de créditos fiscales para empresas y la confirmación de funcionarios encargados de supervisar los fondos de alivio pandémico, en medio de acusaciones de fraude y mala administración.
- The senate confirmed billy long on a 53-44 vote despite democrats concerns about the republicans past work for a firm that pitched a fraud-ridden coronavirus pandemic-era tax break.
- It is critical that the irs pay out all legitimate erc tax credit claims to the small businesses that retained pandemic workers. But congress is thinking of repealing it after businesses stretched.
- Small businesses are facing a lot of uncertainty, and now congress is considering retroactively terminating the tax credit it promised in exchange for paying workers during the pandemic.