Date: November 9th, 2025 10:21 PM
Author: aphrodisiac prole becky
I dont think the OP is true. My understanding is that the original ACA provisions remain the same, but during COVID, they passed a temporary increase which would allow people who made too much moeny for ACA originally to qualify for subsidies if healthcare was more than 8.5% of their income.
So even if you made $150,000, the taxpayers would be on the hook for anything above $12,000 on your healthcare plan.
If you look at CNN, they struggle to show this making much of an income. Apparently a 60 year old making $65,000 would have to pay $900 more per year - that's the worst they've got?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/aca-premium-increases-subsidies-charts-vis
I don't necessarily think its awful policy for taxpayers to pay for health insurance for middle to upper middle class self employed families - but the whole thing seems like a weird hill for the Democrats to (try to) die on.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5795396&forum_id=2:#49415560)