Politico December 18, 2025
With help from Lauren Gardner
Driving the Day
OBAMACARE BLAME GAME — Now that it’s clear Congress is at an impasse over what to do about spiking health care costs, interest groups on the left and right have a new goal: convincing voters the other side is to blame, POLITICO’s Amanda Chu reports.
The push includes advertising, polls and letter-writing campaigns from professional advocates skilled in giving cover to politicians on their side. It comes as the vast majority of Republicans on Capitol Hill have rejected Democrats’ bid to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies and as Democrats vote down GOP plans to make care more affordable that don’t involve the subsidies. That pattern continued on Wednesday, with House Republicans passing a...
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