Politico December 16, 2025
With help from Ruth Reader and Carmen Paun
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‘IT COULD BE UGLY’ — The White House is contemplating the risks of getting involved in the health care fight playing out on Capitol Hill, POLITICO’s Megan Messerly, Myah Ward, Cheyenne Haslett and Alex Gangitano report.
The Trump administration is contending with differing opinions over the political ramifications of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies expiring at year’s end, the question of whether President Donald Trump’s engagement might be unproductive on the Hill and the reality that Trump, behind the scenes, likely knows something must be done to prevent the premium spike some Americans would see.
Congressional Republicans are duking out their intraparty divisions on how to address the expiration of...
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