To make a long, complicated story short and simple, congressional Democrats are making a very big gamble that they can convince Donald Trump to impose an extension of Obamacare premium subsidies on his Obamacare-hating troops in the House and Senate. It seems at least somewhat plausible, since Trump is very focused on his party winning the 2026 midterms and his own pollster says finding a way to avoid a huge Obamacare premium price hike could be the key. And perhaps if that works out, all the pain and political risk associated with the ongoing government shutdown will be worth it, certainly to the upwards of 20 million people who will otherwise experience (on average) a doubling of their out-of-pocket health insurance costs.

But amidst all his recent globetrotting and deal-making,

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