Advisory Board October 1, 2025
The federal government has shut down after lawmakers failed to pass a short-term spending bill due to disagreements over healthcare funding, including enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans, which were initially implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, in today’s roundup of the news in healthcare politics.
Government shuts down over debate on enhanced ACA subsidies
The federal government shut down at 12:01 AM Wednesday after lawmakers failed to reach a deal to pass a short-term funding bill, which would have financed government operations for fiscal year 2026. It is the first government shutdown since January 2019.
According to the Washington Post, the disagreement is over enhanced ACA subsidies, which were originally implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The enhanced subsidies...
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