The Senate rejected rival partisan health plans Thursday, three weeks before premiums for some Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act exchanges are due to more than double.

Lawmakers initially voted to block advancement of a bill proposed by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to scrap the expiring COVID-era subsidies in favor of health savings accounts that will be funded for the next two years.

Senators block dueling health care proposals days before ObamaCare pre miums set to spike

Moments later, a pitch by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to extend the subsidies for an additional three years also failed to crack the Senate’s 60-vote legislative filibuster.

In both instances, 51 senators voted to begin debate on the bill in question with 48 opposed. Sen

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