Politico November 4, 2025
With help from Amanda Chu
Driving the Day
HEALTH CARE TENETS — A bipartisan group of four House lawmakers outlined a “statement of principles” Monday for a compromise to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, proposing a two-year sunset and an income-based eligibility cap, POLITICO’s Benjamin Guggenheim and Meredith Lee Hill report.
The compromise framework from GOP Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) and Democratic Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) is the first public tangible offering on health care policy since the near-record-setting government shutdown began.
Why it matters: The new blueprint is a sign the partisan freeze is thawing among some factions on Capitol Hill — and that frustration over the impasse is growing. Moderate...
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