US EditionDemocrats make Obamacare subsidies focal point of funding talks
Democrats and Republicans debate extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which cover 22 million Americans, amid funding talks before the September 30 government shutdown deadline.
- Congress faces a September 30 government shutdown deadline amid talks focused on a three-bill minibus funding package in Washington, D.C.
- Democrats center funding negotiations on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies for 22 million Americans, while Republicans push for a short-term stopgap excluding the extension.
- Lawmakers have not yet approved any appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026, and some at-risk Republican members are pushing to postpone decisions on ACA subsidies until after the 2026 elections by proposing a one-year extension.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stated many Republicans and the American people demand ACA subsidies be part of a shutdown deal, while House Speaker Mike Johnson said he does not love the policy but understands political realities.
- If subsidies expire, monthly premiums are expected to rise sharply next year, indicating that any extension will require inclusion in long‑term funding legislation rather than a stopgap.
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Democrats Coalesce Around Shutdown Demand
“Top congressional Democrats have agreed on what they will demand of GOP leaders in return for voting to extend government funding this month: Any shutdown-averting deal needs to include health care provisions such as an extension of soon-to-expire insurance subsidies,” Politico reports.
Republicans boost Democrats’ demands to extend Obamacare subsidies
Republican lawmakers are upping the pressure on GOP leaders to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at year’s end for those with Affordable Care Act coverage, bolstering similar demands from Democrats as part of government funding talks. Outspoken…
Republicans push to extend Obamacare subsidies
Republican lawmakers are upping the pressure on GOP leaders to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at year’s end for those with Affordable Care Act coverage, bolstering similar demands from Democrats as part of government funding talks. Outspoken factions in both chambers are doubling down on warnings it would be politically and economically untenable to allow the pandemic-era boost to Obamacare premium tax credits expire an…
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Democrats make Obamacare subsidies focal point of funding talks
(The Center Square) – With less than three weeks until the federal government runs out of money, congressional Republicans are hoping Democrats will agree to passing at least three of 12 appropriations bills, supplemented by a “clean” funding stopgap.
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