continually insisted they would be able to fix a looming spike in health care costs in December. The GOP’s failure to coalesce around a solution mirrors their yearslong failure to come up with a larger plan to lower health care costs or replace Obamacare. Voters largely do not trust Republicans to deal with health care, and many of the party’s ideas are unpopular. That has left Senate Republicans up in the air about whether to even offer a plan at all. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during the Senate Democrats' news conference on extending expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits in the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 4.

Source: Huffington Post December 05, 2025 00:40 UTC