The 43-day-long federal government shutdown ended last week, but the issue at the center of the shutdown went unresolved: whether to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Without those pandemic-era ACA tax credits from the federal government, health care premiums would rise for the vast majority of enrollees, or more than 20 million Americans. And extending them for 10 years would raise the deficit by about $350 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

In 2025, about 513,000 Ohioans benefitted from the enhanced subsidies, according to the Health Policy Institute of Ohio. That amounts to 88% of the state’s enrollees.

Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) said Monday morning he wants “some kind of extension” that both sides agree to. Husted—who sits on the Senate Committee on Health, Edu

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