Republicans are jonesing to make your health care more expensive

The federal government is careening toward yet another shutdown, as congressional Republicans refuse to negotiate with Democrats on a funding bill.

Republicans need Democratic votes in the Senate in order to avoid a filibuster and fund the government before the current spending bill expires on Sept. 30. Democrats want to use that leverage to get Republicans to extend subsidies for low-income Americans to purchase health insurance on the Obamacare marketplaces. If Republicans don't extend those subsidies, premiums for Americans will skyrocket.

But Republicans are so far refusing to negotiate on a subsidy extension—raising the odds that both health insurance premiums will become unaffordable for millions of Americans, and that the government will shut down.

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