Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

[Hume]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1.

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.

apnews.com

Let them eat cake.

 

[Hume]

Health care deadlock: Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ effort to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies on Thursday, making it all but certain that millions of Americans who depend on them will see their costs go up. Four Republicans backed the Democratic plan, but that was not enough to clear the threshold needed to overcome a filibuster.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/11/us/trump-news

 

[Jake Starkey]

Extend the subsidies to 1 January 2027.

The voters will still throw the GOP out of the House and Senate next fall.