Hill November 30, 2025
For Republicans, it’s crunch time on ObamaCare.
GOP leaders return to Capitol Hill this week facing a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies without a unified plan for how — or even whether — to extend the expiring benefits for millions of Americans.
The debate is pitting Republicans concerned with delivering on “affordability” ahead of the 2026 midterms against conservatives who have spent years bashing ObamaCare as a government takeover of the U.S. health care system. Centrist GOP lawmakers facing tough midterm races are fighting to keep the subsidies in place, while other Republicans think the enhanced tax credits — approved by Democrats during the COVID-19 pandemic — should sunset on Jan. 1, as scheduled.
The clash...







