Most Republicans in the U.S. House agree they don’t want to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, but the party — including members from Texas — still has not coalesced around an alternative plan heading into a critical midterm year.
The subsidies that were at the center of this fall’s federal funding debate have continued to spark debate in Congress in the weeks since the government shutdown. Now, with the House recessed for the holidays and no clear solution in sight, the enhanced premium tax credits that lower health care costs for millions of Americans are all but certain to expire on Dec. 31.
