Democrats Press Extension of ACA Tax Credits After Government Reopening

House Democrats signaled they will keep pressing to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits after the government reopened on Nov. 12, accusing Republicans of creating what they said was a health-care cost crisis that still needs to be resolved. Before the vote on the House floor to fund and reopen the government, Republicans, led by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), countered that Democrats created the problem when they last controlled Congress and introduced enhanced ACA subsidies as a temporary program set to expire at the end of 2025, and are now demanding a renewal. Scalise said that Republicans previously advanced a plan “to lower premiums for families by over 12 percent” through cost-sharing changes but Democrats blocked it in the Senate. He also said the ACA has driven costs higher over time and said Democrats used the shutdown for “leverage.”...