Trump says he’d ‘rather not’ extend Affordable Care Act subsidies

The Hill ^ | 11/25/2025 | Brett Samuels

[thegagline]

President Trump on Tuesday said he would prefer not to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, but he acknowledged it may be necessary to reach an agreement on health care legislation.

Trump, in response to a question from The Hill, told reporters his preference was to pass legislation that gave money directly to Americans to allow them to purchase their own health care plan. “I like my plan the best. Don’t give any money to the insurance companies, give it to the people directly. Let them buy their own health care plan. And we’re looking at that. If that can work. We’re looking at that,” Trump said.

Asked if he is planning to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies that were at the heart of the government shutdown debate, Trump said he’d “rather not.” “Somebody said I want to extend them for two years. I don’t want to extend them for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all,” Trump said. “Some kind of extension may be necessary to get something else done, because the un-Affordable Care Act has been a disaster.”

Trump told reporters he was talking with Democrats about health care, but when asked who specifically, he would not say. Multiple outlets reported earlier this week that Trump intended to propose a health care plan that would extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years and place additional limits on who would be eligible. Those reports sparked backlash from Republicans, who have spent years railing against the Affordable Care Act and attempting to undo its major provisions.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ama; biggovernment; bigpharma; fakefreepers; nevertrumpingtroll; rino; thefagline; whyishestillhere; zot

[thegagline]

1) End the Federal Cap on medical residency positions. By limiting the number of residency positions, the federal government limits the number of doctors.
The number of residency positions is capped by federal funding. Since 1997, the Balanced Budget Act froze the number of residency slots funded by Medicare (the main payer for resident salaries) at roughly 1996 levels.

2) Repeal the laws which ban the reimportation of prescription drugs.
U.S.-made prescription drugs that leave the country generally cannot be reimported by anyone except the original manufacturer. This applies even if the drugs are much cheaper in Canada, Europe, etc.

Unfortunately, I don’t think we have someone in a leadership position in the federal government who has the spine to stand up to the physician lobbyists and big pharma.

[Reily]

Was the freezing of the resident positions (paid by Medicare) done to take financial pressure off Medicare?

[SharpRightTurn]

It’s time to drive a stake through the heart of O’ha-ha’s unaffordable healthcare act once and for all.

[Owen]

The media are horrible.

The subsidies on Obamacare DO NOT EXPIRE. Only some additions to them were designed for Covid and were to expire when Covid expired.

This is horrible journalism

[Ex-Con777]

Right you are, on all counts.

EC