WASHINGTON — Facing the end-of-year expiration of the Affordable Care Act subsidies that were at the heart of the record-long U.S. shutdown, a flurry of proposals to address the lapse have started to emerge, with lawmakers emphasizing the need for a bipartisan fix.

As various groups of lawmakers have been hashing out different proposals, President Donald Trump and White House aides are reportedly floating their own plan that calls for a two-year extension to the subsidies that were first approved by Congress in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The White House plan, first reported by MS NOW on Sunday night, would reportedly set new income caps to qualify for the subsidies, addressing concerns aired publicly by Trump and some lawmakers that the subsidies currently cover too man

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