Deb Dauphinais is considering something she never thought she’d do – forgoing purchasing health insurance for next year.

The co-owner of Bicycle East in Glastonbury, Steve, have been purchasing health insurance through Access Health CT thanks to Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year, at which time the Dauphinais’ insurance premiums would increase four-fold.

“It's scary, it’s not something that I ever thought we’d ever be in a position to have to do,” Deb Dauphinais said about the prospect of not having insurance.

U.S. Senate leaders agreed to a vote sometime in December as some Democrats agreed on a funding bill to reopen the federal government.

No date is set for

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