"Somebody said I want to extend them (subsidies) for two years,"
"I don't want to extend them for two years. I'd rather not extend them at all."
"If you've heard the overused metaphor in the United States: this is the frog in the slowly heating water, where the temperature keeps growing and people just say, 'my, it's getting hot in here'"
"This has been going on for almost half a century now."
High US health care costs are a central political issue, fueling debate over extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and contributing to public dissatisfaction with the president. A proposed announcement about subsidy extension was postponed amid uncertainty, with the president stating he would rather not extend subsidies. The United States spends more per capita on health care than any other country, according to OECD Health at a Glance 2025, with a larger gap to second-placed Switzerland than between Switzerland and Italy. Experts note rising costs have continued for decades and describe the trend as gradual but persistent.
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