SENATE GOES HOME AS HEALTH SUBSIDY DEADLINE LOOMS

C&P Newswire

Washington, D.C.

With Congress now on holiday recess and lawmakers headed for home, the Senate left without resolving a bitter fight over expiring health insurance subsidies, imperiling coverage and likely driving up premiums for millions of Americans come January 1. 

In the final days before year’s end, lawmakers in both parties failed to agree on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which help roughly 22 million people afford health insurance. Negotiations…