Enhanced Obamacare Benefits
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D–IL) claims that the “Big Beautiful Trump budget ended up eliminating a tax credit” for “people in middle-income categories to pay for health insurance,” “so if you’re paying $1,000 a month for health insurance now, January 1st, it goes up to $2,000 a month.”
IN FACT, this welfare benefit was enacted by Democrats as a temporary Covid-era measure, and the Big Beautiful Bill has no impact on it. Under this handout, Obamacare recipients pay an average of only $74/month for health insurance, and if it expires, they will pay an average of just $159. This is less than the standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B, which is $185.
