Democrats Move to Delay Obamacare Premium Rise, Create New Cliff

Democrats eyeing a permanent extension of the Obamacare subsidies to avoid creating another deadline now say they’re willing to take what they can get to avoid premium increases for 2023 and a rise in the uninsured rate.

Senate Democrats are preparing a partisan bill to direct the federal government to demand lower prices for certain medicines and extend for at least two years expanded premium subsidies for people who get their insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplace.

If Congress doesn’t act, and the enhanced premium subsidies from the American Rescue Plan Act expire at the end of 2022, ...