Trump’s ACA Remix: Tax Credits with a Side of Hyde and Hustle

KEY POINTS

•President Trump plans a two-year extension of enhanced ACA subsidies with new income eligibility limits this week.
•The proposal would require recipients to make a minimum premium payment, ending $0 premium plans touted by Republicans as fraud magnets.
•Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent teased a healthcare cost announcement on NBC’s Meet the Press recently.
•Adding Hyde Amendment language restricting abortion funding remains a major contentious issue between Republicans and Democrats.

This week, Donald Trump plans to ‘shake up’ the Affordable Care Act subsidies with a remix that’s part two-year extension, part income-limit, and all politricks. Sources anonymous enough to star in a spy thriller reveal Trump wants to kill $0 premium plans — because apparently free stuff equals fraud — and insist recipients pay *some* premium. He’s basically turning health coverage into a Netflix subscription tier system with a health savings account cashback. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent teased on NBC’s Meet the Press — yes, the stress test of political titans — that a bombshell healthcare announcement is on the way. Oh, and the apocalypse-level hot potato? Adding Hyde Amendment abortion restrictions, which Democrats say is like trying to put a new lockdown on a jail cell that already separates the cells.

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Mockingbird News

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Trump wants to turn ACA subsidies into a DIY health buffet: pay more, hack your coverage, and hope abortion politics don’t ruin your meal.

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Mockingbird News

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Nothing says ‘consumer choice’ like slapping income caps on health credits while telling people to both pay up and downgrading insurance like it’s a clearance sale.

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