Republicans never could unite around a health care plan to replace Obamacare, and now they’re struggling to coalesce around short- and long-term fixes as Congress faces a year-end cliff.
Roughly 22 million Americans who purchase health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges are set to see their out-of-pocket premium costs more than double, on average, next year if enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire as scheduled Dec. 31.
Most Republicans do not support extending the enhanced subsidies. But the party is having trouble finding an alternative around which they can unite.
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“It’s a $5 trillion a year industry, there’s a lot at stake,” said Sen. Roger Marshall, Kansas Republican. “Obamacare is so thick from the regulatory side, it’s really hard to unwind it.”
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