President Donald Trump’s new health care plan has a gaping hole: It doesn’t mention the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that lapsed at the end of 2025.
A White House official indicated to reporters that the administration is not closing the door on an extension; rather, the official said, “the president thinks that that is far too narrow a view on what is ailing our health care system, and that’s why he is putting something out that is much broader.”
Still, the snub does little to help GOP lawmakers resuscitate the policy before Democrats wield it against them on the campaign trail.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., met with Trump on Thursday afternoon and urged him to support extending those expired subsidies.
Trump’s plan calls on Congress to pass bipartisan legislation expanding health savings accounts for Affordable Care Act enrollees, among other things.