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House Budget Committee chair Jody Arrington says Republicans will not extend COVID-era ACA subsidies, cites fraud and CBO scoring for alternatives
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House Budget Committee Chair Jody Arrington told a televised interviewer that House Republicans will not extend COVID-era increases to Affordable Care Act subsidies, calling the payments 'fraud ridden' and citing a CBO score for a cost-sharing reduction he said would reduce premiums and save taxpayers money.
House Budget Committee Chair Jody Arrington said in a televised interview that House Republicans will not extend the COVID-era increases to Affordable Care Act subsidies when they expire, arguing the temporary payments have raised premiums and been vulnerable to fraud.
“Do no harm,” Arrington said, adding that “these COVID era fraud ridden subsidies have made health care more expensive.” He alleged “tens of billions” in improper payments and said there were “tens of thousands of Social Security numbers from dead people being used to siphon money out of the…
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