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Democrats are holding the government hostage in an extended government shutdown over temporary, COVID-era Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that were meant to make health insurance cheaper – or free – for millions of Americans during the pandemic. But like most pandemic relics, the cost of these subsidies far outweighs any potential benefits.

Rather than forcing an extension of the temporary, bumped-up subsidies through the spending bill, policymakers should allow them to expire at the end of the year and focus instead on healthcare reforms that actually help patients.

According to Democrats, including Joe Biden, inflated COVID-era ACA subsidies were always meant to be a temporary "economic bridge through the crisis,

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