As shutdown ends with deal, Ohioans still worry over soaring health care costs

Health care is at the epicenter of the federal government shutdown, which is on its way to an end after a deal between majority Republican Senators and a handful of Democrats Sunday night. More than half a million Ohioans rely on subsidies to get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, and tax credits on those subsidies are expiring as premiums are soaring. And the Republican-backed One Big Beautiful Bill signed this summer made some changes to Medicaid expansion, which covers more than 745,000 Ohioans.

The federal shutdown appears to be coming to an end, but there aren't any agreements on health care costs.

Many Ohioans rely on Medicaid expansion to help with medical costs that they could not otherwise afford. Audrey Anderson is one of them. The 14-year-old Columbus resident h