{"id":144291,"date":"2025-09-09T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/144291\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:50:08","slug":"trump-tax-bill-aca-medicare-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/144291\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tax bill, ACA, Medicare Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-bio\">Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70.<\/p>\n<p>This is the online version of STAT\u2019s weekly email newsletter Health Care Inc.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/category\/health-care-inc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oh hey there! It\u2019s me, Tara. I\u2019ll be steering the ship in Bob\u2019s absence. Bob assures me he\u2019s not checking his emails while on parental leave, so please direct your tips to me: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"f581948794db97949b9b9a82b5868194819b908286db969a98\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The health insurance fix: More catastrophic coverage?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The big question hanging over everything right now is whether Congress will extend the Affordable Care Act\u2019s enhanced premium tax credits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/09\/05\/aca-tax-credit-extension-bipartisan-bill-introduced\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">before they expire at the end of the year<\/a>. If it doesn\u2019t, Trump\u2019s HHS has another option for some of the millions of people affected. 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