PORTLAND, Ore. — In Beaverton, Lisa Stiller leads a community fight for change.

"We've been out protesting a lot of the things that are going on," Stiller said. "Our goal is to educate voters so when election time comes, they make a wise choice."

A leader for the Beaverton chapter of the progressive group Indivisible, Stiller helps organize protests on political and social issues. Most recently, that's centered on rising health care costs .

In budget bills championed by Republicans in Congress, lawmakers have thus far allowed for the expiration of pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies. That will take effect with the new year, meaning health insurance bills will soon spike for many Americans.

"With the subsidies disappearing, people are going to be having to pay a whole lot more

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