Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints

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par Wendy Netter Epstein, Professor of Law, DePaul University
Christopher Robertson, Professor of Law, Boston University

As the federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, competing narratives quickly emerged about the cause.

Some Republican lawmakers objected to Democrats’ push to include an extension of the expanded Affordable Care Act premium subsidies in a short-term funding bill and cited concerns about long-term spending. Democratic leaders countered that the…