MedCity News November 20, 2025
About 22 million Americans would face sharply higher healthcare costs if enhanced ACA tax credits expire at the end of the year. Experts warn that the impact would extend beyond just families relying on ACA courage — also straining hospitals, increasing uncompensated care and potentially costing the economy hundreds of thousands of jobs.
It’s been a week since the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown ended, but millions of Americans still don’t know whether they’ll be able to afford their healthcare coverage next year.
The shutdown finally ended November 12 when a funding bill was signed into law. Notably absent from the law was any extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that 24 million Americans rely on to keep...







