- On October 12, the Trump administration announced it would stop making cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers, because it lacked a constitutionally valid appropriation to do so—an action that restores Congress’ “power of the purse.”
- While some have proposed that Congress should appropriate funds for the payments, such action would effectively reward insurers’ prior risky behavior—assuming cost-sharing reductions would continue to be paid, even after a federal judge struck them down as unconstitutional—thereby perpetuating moral hazard.
- A better course of action is repealing the undermining regulations surrounding Obamacare, which necessitated the unconstitutional cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers in the first place.
Health Care
Poll: Texans are not satisfied with the healthcare status quo
Recent polling from TPPF shows the frustration caused by rising costs and harm our healthcare system and insurance systems have created. Only 42% of Texans are satisfied with the value of their health insurance plan, more than two-thirds consider healthcare costs a burden, and 3 out of 4 agree drug prices are too high. Further,...
October 1, 2026