Why didn’t Republicans try to do what they’re doing on Medicaid and backload this pain until after the midterm elections, extending enhanced subsidies for another year?

So millions of Americans are about to feel both desperate and angry over their loss of affordable health insurance coverage. Which raises an obvious political question:

This cost surge reflects both the loss of subsidies & a selection effect: Relatively healthy people, facing sharply higher premiums, will decide to go without coverage. This will worsen the risk pool, & the expectation that this will happen is leading insurers to increase their pre-subsidy premiums.

But the enhanced subsidies only extended through 2025, so the system faces an imminent cliff. The out of pocket cost of health insurance for 2026 is soaring — 114 percent on average, according to KFF, and much more for some families.

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All it takes is one more “donation.” One more unhinged rich guy who decides he wants naming rights on the next invasion.