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Brian Blase: Taxpayers covered $5,279 of premium hikes from 2014-2026

Brian Blase: Taxpayers covered $5,279 of premium hikes from 2014-2026
Taxpayers funded most premium increase

Brian Blase highlights that for a 50-year-old earning double the poverty level, health insurance premiums increased by $5,898 from 2014 to 2026.

Of that increase, the enrollee paid just $618, with taxpayers financing $5,279—or 90 percent—of the additional costs. Blase argues that while subsidies may reduce direct costs for individuals, they do not address the underlying rise in expenses.

Blase has previously alleged that insurance brokers earned hundreds of millions by enrolling so-called phantom clients, leading to substantial subsidies for insurers. Details of these claims are outlined in his report on brokers and phantom enrollees. The issue of misallocated subsidies continues to be a focal point in his analysis of healthcare costs.

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