Republicans Promised Health Care Negotiations After the Shutdown, but Democrats Are Wary

The Return of Health Care Debate: Will Subsidies Survive?

The Return of Health Care Debate: Will Subsidies Survive? In the aftermath of a prolonged government shutdown, Congressional Republicans and Democrats face an imminent challenge: negotiating the extension of COVID-era health care subsidies. This critical debate comes as the subsidies, crucial for millions of Americans, risk expiration by year's end.The cessation of the shutdown was facilitated by a deal between a handful of Democrats and Senate …

Michael Bennet: ‘I wouldn’t hold out hope’ on seeing health care subsidies extended

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said he doesn’t believe Congress will approve an extension of expiring health care subsidies, even if a promised vote on the issue in the Senate takes place next month.  Bennet, during a call on Tuesday with reporters, lamented Democrats’ failed effort to force congressional Republicans to extend the subsidies as part of a deal to reopen the federal government.  Most Democrats in the Senate had been holding up a governme…

Congress faces two-month deadline to avert another shutdown over health care costs

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., points to a poster depicting rising medical costs if Congress allows the Affordable Care Act tax credits to expire in December as he speaks to reporters following a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreem…

Douglas Schoen: Nobody won the shutdown, but Republicans lost

How Republicans navigated the shutdown figures to be a tailwind for Democrats.

As health costs spike, a sour and divided Congress escapes one shutdown to face another

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., points to a poster depicting rising medical costs if Congress allows the Affordable Care Act tax credits to expire in December as he speaks to reporters following a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Congress has roughly two months to find bipartisan agreem…

Republicans promised health care negotiations after the shutdown, but Democrats are wary

Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.