Brian Blase says taxpayers absorbed most of the rise in ACA premium costs: for a 50-year-old earning 200% of the poverty level, premiums rose $5,898 from 2014 t

Brian Blase says taxpayers absorbed most of the rise in ACA premium costs: for a 50-year-old earning 200% of the poverty level, premiums rose $5,898 from 2014 to 2026, with $5,279 of that covered by subsidies. He argues the aid masks, not fixes, underlying cost growth.