Shutdown Standoff: DEMs Oppose Hiking HSRI Bills
![[CREDIT: HSRI] Expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies will double monthly health insurance bills for more than 24 million people. Democrats are refusing to approve the federal budget unless that's fixed, and the GOP won't agree to do that, leading to the federal shutdown.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ACA-subsidies-expire-HSRI-impact-shutdown-2025-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Oct. 1 federal shutdown trods on as Democrats insist on averting expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that’ll double monthly health insurance bills for more than […]