A mistook

The FEHBlog made a mistake in several posts about the current continuing resolution. He thought that the additional health insurer tax moratorium applies to this year. In fact, this moratorium applies to 2019. So the government will be collecting $14.3 billion from insurers this year which Congress evidently assumes was already baked in the premiums. Here's a link to the IRS guidance on the 2019 moratorium.