President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump has floated a proposal to put the billions of dollars that back Affordable Care Act tax credits directly in the pockets of Americans instead, as lawmakers have so far failed to find a solution to address the rapidly approaching expiration of the enhanced subsidies that is at the heart of the record-breaking shutdown stalemate.

Trump urged Senate Republicans in a Truth Social post on Saturday to send the money used to offset the costs of ACA health care premiums “directly to the people” so they can “purchase their own, much better, health care.”

The president did not provide any further details, though fiscal hawk GOP

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