AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The cost of monthly premiums for millions of Americans who are insured through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are forecasted to on average more than double next year if Congress does not extend subsidies that expire at the end of 2025, according to a nonpartisan health policy research center .

Democrats are trying to pass a proposal that will avert a government shutdown while also extending the healthcare subsidies — known as enhanced premium tax credits — ahead of midnight Tuesday. Republicans are against the proposal and the partisan sparring is expected to lead to the first government shutdown since 2018.

Who is impacted?

Enhanced premium tax credits were first introduced in 2021 in the American Rescue Plan. It increased the amount of savings on monthly prem

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