"We didn't have actuaries in the offices. We didn't have insurance experts. All those folks are back working full speed, and we are giving the president lots of options. We have reinsurance as an option, which is traditionally used to make insurance more affordable. We have tactics that would allow Americans to play a different role than they historically have played in this marketplace."
"If somebody is watching now, worried that they are not going to be able to afford insurance at the end of the year, are you making a promise that the president and Congress will make sure that they can? Bash asked. Dr. Oz stopped well short of making that pledge. I promise that the president is laser-focused on this, Oz said."
About 45 million Americans who buy coverage on the ACA marketplace receive tax credits that are scheduled to expire under the Big Beautiful Bill Act at year end, potentially raising premiums. The administration did not make a firm guarantee that marketplace coverage will remain affordable after those credits lapse. Officials described multiple ideas and tactics under consideration, including reinsurance to lower premiums and measures to change consumer roles in the marketplace. The federal shutdown delayed actuaries and insurance experts, but those staff have returned and are providing the president with options rather than a definitive solution.
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