Democrats temporarily expanded Obamacare subsidies during COVID, adding what they called enhanced tax credits. According to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Republicans' failure to expand the Obamacare tax credits will lead to "over 50,000 more people" dying each year. "Democrats are fighting to extend expiring COVID-era Obamacare subsidies they passed under Joe Biden with zero Republican support," Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X. "Obamacare’s subsidy system was deliberately designed to keep what the enrollee pays constant, regardless of how much premiums increase. An indefinite extension of the Obamacare enhanced tax credits would cost $350 billion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).