Health care policy will be top of mind when Congress returns to Washington in January, with lawmakers acknowledging that escalating insurance premiums are hitting millions of Americans.
That’s about where the agreement ends. The parties and even the factions within them are sharply divided on the path forward — with several avenues being explored that so far haven’t led to viable legislation.
The House is expected to vote on a Democrat-led bill to extend, for three years, enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits that will have expired on Dec. 31. That’s the result of a discharge petition that four Republicans signed, meeting the threshold to force a vote.
