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CMS's Oz minimizes effect of tax credit end on ACA rates

By The Hill  
   October 30, 2025

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz downplayed on Wednesday the likely substantial increase in the amount Americans will pay for health insurance on the ACA federal marketplace. When asked at a press conference about the lack of a deal in Congress to extend expiring enhanced tax credits, Oz said he thinks they should expire because they were only intended for a short term to help Americans through the COVID-19 pandemic. 'I think we all agree that COVID has passed, so therefore COVID-era subsidies should also pass,' Oz said. 

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