Congressional negotiations to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies have veered off course.

The subsidies roughly 22 million Americans rely on to help pay for their health insurance are set to expire at the end of next month unless Congress votes to extend them. We discuss the debate on the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care. "America's health system sorely needs the kind of ...

Republicans are signaling a new openness to extending health subsidies as Democrats suggest they want health care concessions to keep the government open. Around four million people could lose ...

This article has been updated to include finalized premium prices published on healthcare.gov. Democrats say they will not vote to end the government shutdown unless Congress extends extra Obamacare ...

Republicans and Democrats remain far apart on what to do about Obamacare, with how to handle expiring subsidies being the main sticking point in talks to re-open the federal government. Back when ...

Congress has returned to its fall legislative battles. Among them: whether to extend the Biden-era expanded Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies passed during the COVID pandemic. These so-called ...

A fight over health policy drove the current federal government shutdown. At issue is the cost of premiums for health care plans people buy on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, marketplaces.

U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, at the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps farm in Richmond on Wednesday, August 13, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Three days into the federal government ...

There is a slim, if unlikely, path for the extension of healthcare plan subsidies that more than 20 million Americans rely on. Without an extension, the subsidies will expire at the end of December, w ...

House Democratic leaders introduced a discharge petition Wednesday designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies for another three years. Behind House Minority ...