A majority of Trump supporters back extending Obamacare subsidies

Most supporters of President Donald Trump, respecting improved subsidies for the plans of affordable care law, the central obstacle to end the government’s closure, according to a new survey of the Non -Partisan KFF health policies. It was led from September 23 to September 29, just a few days before the Congress managed to adopt a funding measure to keep the government open.

More than 22 million people receive subsidies, which should expire at the end of the year, unless the congress extends them. The loss of subsidies could mean that average bonus payments in the pocket could double in 2026, from $ 888 per year to $ 1,904, revealed an anterior KFF analysis.

According to the Congressional Budget Bureau, around 4 million people should do without coverage, as they can no longer afford it, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Extending them would cost the federal government about $ 350 billion over the next decade.

The new survey revealed that 59% of Republicans and 57% of supporters “Make American Great” prefer to extend improved subsidies.

The national sample representative of 1,334 adults has been requested if they support the extension of subsidies, and not if they support the budgetary negotiations. Including them is a point of collision in the current budget battle, the Democrats arguing that they must be extended before the registration open next month, when many registrants will be shocked to note that their premiums increase.

Overall, more than three -quarters of the public – 78% – say they want Congress to extend them. This includes 92% of democrats and 82% of the self -employed.

“We receive a very clear message that the majority of the public, whatever their supporter, whatever their insurance, support the congress extending these tax credits,” said Ashley Kirzinger, director of the investigation methodology and associate director of the KFF public opinion and investigation program. “It is really difficult to withdraw an advantage after being given to people.”

Improved subsidies have been set up as part of the 2021 American rescue plan, which made the ACA plans affordable for many families in the middle class. The law on the reduction of inflation of 2022 extended them until 2025.

ACA’s standard subsidies for very low income people should continue – although their premiums should also increase without the additional tax credit, and they can also risk losing their coverage.

According to the survey, about 4 people out of 10 having an ACA plan say that they will go without insurance if the amount they had to pay each month almost doubled.

Similar shares – 37% – said they would continue to pay their current health plan, while 2 out of 10 say they would obtain coverage from another source, such as an employer.

“This will lead to a large number of people who lose health coverage and do not become insured,” said Kirzinger. “When people have no health coverage, not being able to go to the doctor, not being able to obtain primary care, this can lead to all kinds of harmful health results.”

Dr. Adam Gaffney, an intensive care doctor and assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School, said that making insurance can also devastate people’s finances.

“They accumulate important invoices, debt and even go bankrupt,” he said.

Some people who keep their insurance can also undergo their finances. When the respondents asked if they could afford a coverage if their premiums have almost doubled, 7 out of 10 which buy their own insurance say that they would not be able to afford premiums without considerably reducing their household budgets.

Despite the health and finance risk of people, many Americans still do not know that improved subsidies should end.

Among the people who buy their own coverage, about 6 out of 10 said they had heard “a little” or “nothing at all” in the expiration of subsidies.

Art Caplan, the chief of the medical ethics division of the Nyu Langone Medical Center in New York, said that many will learn for the first time when the inscription opened on November 1.

They are real at risk of “shock of stickers,” said Caplan. “And most of these people, who tend to be working class, tend to be more mag. They will not like him. “

When people who support the extension of subsidies have been requested who deserve the most blame if they expire, 39% said that President Donald Trump and 37% said the Republicans in the Congress. Only 22% said the Democrats deserve the blame.