“There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste, and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,” Oz said on CNN’s *State of the Union* on Sunday. “The big question is this: How do we insure people but make it sustainable?”
A Congressional Budget Office report estimated that permanently extending the enhanced credits would cost the government $383 billion. However, if they permanently expire, the number of people without health insurance would rise by an average of 3.8 million annually by 2034.
“I promise you, the president is laser-focused on this,” Oz said, addressing these possibly uninsured people.
### Democrats Reckon with Lofty Obamacare Promises After Shutdown Defeat
Democratic senators voted against a continuing resolution to fund the government that was drafted under Biden and successfully passed back in March of this year over these tax credits. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned of an impending “healthcare crisis.”
Part of the deal that brought the Senate to cloture last week to pass the continuing resolution included a promise to bring a bill to extend ACA tax credits to the Senate floor. The upper chamber has roughly 20 working days to get the bill through before the January 31 deadline.
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