The Senate is set to vote next week on extending Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies for three years in a last-ditch effort to preserve them before they expire at the end of the year - but the plan is all but certain to fail.

Democrats have warned that millions of Americans will face higher premiums unless the subsidies are extended. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said Thursday on the Senate floor that every Democratic senator would support the bill.

“Republicans have one week to decide where they stand: Vote for this bill and bring health care costs down, or block this bill and send premiums skyrocketing,” Schumer said.

The vote is the culmination of Democrats’ month-long campaign to extend the subsidies - which helped trigger the longest federal gove

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