Source: Modern Healthcare
Senate Republicans have a bright idea that would let them extend trillions of dollars in tax cuts at zero cost, on paper at least. Democrats want in. In a bid to quiet discomfort about massive healthcare cuts, Senate GOP leaders declared that extending the tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s first term wouldn’t add to the budget deficit under a novel assumption that because they are still law for the remainder of the year, they will always be law. That $0 price tag could apply to lots of policies, starting with renewing enhanced subsidies for health insurance exchange plans, some Senate Democrats say.
