CONWAY — The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) health subsidies, which were expanded during COVID-19 and the Inflation Reduction Act, are set to sunset at the end of December, and that could significantly impact middle-income families.
“So the question is, are they going to make them permanent? And if they don't, they have a lot of problems on their hands,” Tom Quigley from Claimlinx Insurance said during an appearance on SUN TV on Tuesday.
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