Hill December 9, 2025
The Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican proposal to replace enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Act with health savings accounts that would receive federal contributions to pay out-of-pocket expenses, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Tuesday.
The Senate was already set to vote Thursday on a Democratic plan to extend the expiring subsidies for three years, and Thune’s decision will give Republican colleagues the opportunity to vote for a GOP alternative. He was under heavy pressure from Senate Republicans who warned that failing to advance a Republican plan would be a catastrophe.
“We also will have a vote. Our members have decided that we’re going to vote on a Crapo-Cassidy proposal,” Thune announced after a Senate...
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