Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz indicated enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act may be extended after all.

In an interview Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union , he was asked if there are any conversations about extending them, even on a short-term basis, given that insurance costs will more than double if the new year begins without the subsidies.

“There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste, and abuse that right now is paralyzing the system,” he replied.

Oz added that there are also ways to put money “in the pockets of Americans,” alluding to President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier that direct payments could take the place of tax credits that currently offset the cost of insurance on ACA

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