TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - The ongoing federal government shutdown is leaving millions of Floridians facing massive health insurance premium increases in the coming weeks, prompting state lawmakers to explore potential intervention measures.

With votes to end the federal government shutdown failing for three weeks, millions of people across Florida are concerned about potential increases in insurance premiums. Democrats in Congress are trying to extend tax credits for health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, but Republicans are not budging.

“You can’t use the government shutdown as a tool to extend subsidies, subsidies, by the way, the Democrats could have extended permanently when they were in charge, and they chose not to,” said Rep. Byron Donal

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