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It looks like many people’s health care will be more expensive next year.

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Halina Bennet
Dec 11, 2025
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Democrats hold a news conference following today’s votes on health-care premiums. (Photo by Heather Diehl)

Today the Senate voted down both competing health-care packages tied to the Affordable Care Act’s expiring subsidies, the stakes of which I wrote about last week.

In back‑to‑back votes, Democrats’ three‑year extension of enhanced A.C.A. tax credits …

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