Key Highlights
- Broadly, lawmakers in the upper chamber do not want to see the subsidies expire by the end of the year, given the political ramifications and expected leaps in healthcare premiums that would come should they lapse.
- But, Republicans demand that Hyde Amendment protections, which prevent taxpayer dollars from funding abortions, be added to an extension of the subsidies.
- Senate Democrats view that as a non-starter.
- SCHUMER UNVEILS DEMOCRATS' OBAMACARE FIX PLAN, LIKELY DEAD IN THE WATER Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N. Y., speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats encouraging the passage of Affordable Care Act tax credits, in Washington, DC on September 16, 2025.
- (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via ) "It’s a sticky situation," Sen.
