As 2025 winds down, enhanced Obamacare subsidies are finally set to expire. Yet, congressional Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to preserve this temporary, pandemic-era giveaway that should have sunset years ago. The scheme not only hides the true cost of care for millions of Americans but undermines genuine efforts to reform our broken healthcare system with choice, transparency, and competition.

If conservatives are resolute, this could be the rare exception to Ronald Reagan’s adage that “nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.” For the sake of families wrestling with high premiums, small businesses struggling to sponsor coverage for employees, and patients who are priced out of medicines at the pharmacy counter, my fingers are crossed.

In addition to letting enh

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