Florida families already face some of the steepest health care costs in the nation, with premiums and deductibles eating up bigger chunks of household budgets every year. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has warned that the average Obamacare premiums are expected to rise by roughly 13% next year, putting even greater pressure on working families.
In Washington, nothing is more permanent than a temporary government program. Case in point: President Biden’s short-term COVID-era enhanced subsidies for Obamacare that Congress now wants to extend permanently. For the sake of taxpayers, fiscal responsibility and sound health care policy, Congress should let these expensive and wasteful COVID-era tax credits expire at the end of this year.
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