US EditionSenate rejects dueling health care bills as Obamacare deadline nears
- On Dec. 11, 2025, the U.S. Senate rejected rival bills to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, ending efforts to prevent higher costs for millions of marketplace enrollees next year.
- After months of fights including a shutdown, Republican senators argued ACA plans are too costly while Democratic senators fought for subsidy extensions, making them a key issue in the earlier standoff.
- Notably, four Republicans including Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Susan Collins, and Josh Hawley, defected to oppose the bills, which failed 51-48, with Sen. Steve Daines not voting, as Sen. Mike Crapo warned, `The enhanced premium tax credits we're debating today, if they were extended or not extended, are not going to change the fact that premiums are skyrocketing.`
- With subsidies set to expire on Jan. 1, Congress heading into holiday recess leaves little time to ease rising premiums, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has promised a House vote next week.
- Lawmakers also rejected a GOP HSA plan that would have deposited $1,000 to $1,500 annually into health savings accounts for eligible consumers choosing bronze or catastrophic plans under 700% of the federal poverty level.
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