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Shutdown Deepens as Jeffries Rejects One-Year ACA Subsidy Deal, GOP Unity Frays

Analysts warn premiums could surge, risking coverage losses with open enrollment days away.

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Travelers try to get back to normal Friday after bad weather caused many flight delays and cancellations Thursday at BWI Airport. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)
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As the government shutdown moves into the second week, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, center, has suggested pushing ahead with a group of bipartisan spending bills that are pending and a then securing a commitment to discuss the health care issue as a way out of the impasse, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • The federal government is in day eight of a shutdown driven by a standoff over extending enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
  • House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called a one-year extension a nonstarter, even as a bipartisan bill from Reps. Jen Kiggans and Tom Suozzi draws about a dozen Democrats and 13 Republicans as co-sponsors.
  • Republican leaders press for a clean funding bill and say health policy should be negotiated later, but dissenters such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Sen. Josh Hawley urge action to avert steep premium increases.
  • Open enrollment begins Nov. 1, and projections from KFF and the CBO indicate premiums could jump sharply and roughly 2 million more people could be uninsured next year if the enhanced credits lapse.
  • Polling shows strong voter support for continuing the subsidies, while President Trump says talks on the credits should occur after Congress votes to reopen the government.