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Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints

  • Written by Wendy Netter Epstein, Professor of Law, DePaul University
Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraintsLawmakers limited Affordable Care Act subsidies to a few years, setting the stage for a fight over them in 2025.Ted Eytan/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

As the federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, competing narratives quickly emerged about the cause.

Some Republican lawmakers objected to Democrats’ push to include an extension...

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