Hill December 11, 2025
Cracks are forming in the Democrats’ demands for extending ObamaCare subsidies.
For weeks, House Democratic leaders have championed a “clean” three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, pressing centrist Republicans to sign their discharge petition to force the bill to the floor over the opposition of GOP leaders. Most rank-and-file Democrats have rallied behind it.
Yet a growing number of centrist Democrats are joining forces with Republicans on bipartisan bills combining a shorter subsidy extension — of one or two years — with other policy reforms. And even some House liberals are ready to jump on board, citing the urgency of preventing health care costs from skyrocketing for millions of Americans at the start of next year....







