WASHINGTON—The Senate is poised for a Dec. 11 vote on competing measures to resolve the standoff over extending the expiring subsidies for Obamacare.
Both are likely to fall along party lines, and to fail to reach the 60-vote threshold required to advance legislation in the Senate.
The subsidies, officially known as enhanced premium tax credits, were created as a temporary measure in 2021 to blunt the economic impact of the COVID-19 national health emergency.
Originally offered for two years, the enhanced subsidies were further extended for three years and will expire at the end of this month.
Democrats, fearing that allowing the subsidies to expire now would cause financial hardship and cause millions of Americans to drop their health coverage, have proposed another three-year extension….
Senate to Vote on Dueling Health Care Bills Tackling Expiring Obamacare Subsidies
