A Republican senator who is helping lead discussions over a potential extension of the Obamacare subsidies that President Donald Trump has maligned now says that the chamber likely won’t have a deal on the legislation until the end of January.
Sen. Bernie Moreno told reporters on Tuesday that the end of the month was the new goal for reaching a deal to extend the federal subsidies — passed under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 — which are needed by millions of Americans to afford the health care plans they purchased on the Affordable Care Act’s public exchanges. Those subsidies expired at the end of December.
