WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in both the House and Senate met behind closed doors on Tuesday to discuss how to avoid a surge in health care premium costs at the end of this year when a slate of COVID-era Obamacare subsidies expire.

But there’s no plan yet. And lawmakers acknowledge they’re running out of time.

The tax subsidies in question were created in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and approved in the American Rescue Plan under former President Joe Biden. The credits were given an expiration date in 2022, but that was later extended to the end of 2025 through the Inflation Reduction Act.

Conversations are ongoing in both the House and Senate, but a finalized deal has not yet been reached. But lawmakers are coalescing around specific provisions they say must be included in a final packa

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