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Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure

  • Written by SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
imageCongress has long been unable to come to an agreement on how to help constituents pay for health care.iStock/Getty Images Plus

As the bell struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2026, time ran out on Obamacare subsidies for over 24 million Americans. These subsidies, propped up through various legislative packages over the years, lowered the health insurance...

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