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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz confirmed Sunday that the Trump administration is mulling the extension of Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
The premium tax credits initially drafted under the Affordable Care Act were enhanced under the Biden administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. These credits were set to expire at the end of this year, nearly 19 months after then-President Joe Biden declared the coronavirus pandemic had ended.
“There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste, and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,” Oz said on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. “The big question is this: How do we insure people but make it sustainable?”
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz on whether President Trump is considering extending Obamacare subsidies: “There are discussions around extending the subsidies.” pic.twitter.com/lWvNJwpudL
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) November 16, 2025
A Congressional Budget Office report estimated that permanently extending the enhanced credits would cost the government $383 billion. However, if they permanently expire, the number of people without health insurance would rise by an average of 3.8 million annually by 2034.
“I promise you, the president is laser-focused on this,” Oz
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