On the brink of a shutdown , the top two Democratic leaders met with President Donald Trump in the White House on Monday and urged him to agree to extend Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year in a bill to keep the government open.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said they had to explain the imminent consequences of inaction to Trump. People who get health insurance through Obamacare will begin getting notices in the coming days warning that their premiums will soon go up unless Congress extends the funds.

“He was not aware that Americans would pay — so many Americans, tens of millions of Americans — would pay huge increases in their health care bills,” Schumer told reporters. “And he was not aware that the real effect of that starts Oct. 1st, not Dec.

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