Why Health Insurance Credits Led to the Federal Government Shutdown
Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress hit a stalemate in talks to keep the government open and on Wednesday, a shutdown commenced. At the core of the disagreement between GOP lawmakers and their Democratic Party counterparts are the health care tax credits in the Affordable Care Act due to expire at the end of this year and which the Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions don’t include an extension to these tax credits. A lot has been said about the cuts to Medicare and Medicaid under that law, and the refusal to renew those ACA tax credits only piles to the hardship that…
