- Obamacare Payments to Continue The Hill by Nathaniel Weixel - Key Obamacare subsidies to insurers will be paid this month, the White House confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday, one day before the deadline to make July's cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments. The administration has not made a commitment beyond this month. The payments help low-income people afford the co-pays, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs associated with health insurance policies. Insurers have called the payments critical, saying that without them, they would have to massively increase premiums or exit the individual market.