The Senate on Thursday failed to advance a Democrat healthcare bill and a Republican bill that would have addressed the high cost of health care.

The Senate voted on Thursday 51-48 not to invoke cloture or advance a Democrat bill that would extend the enhanced Obamacare subsidies for three more years, which would punt the issue right ahead of the next presidential election. The legislation would cost roughly $90 billion.

The Senate Republican plan, informally known as the Crapo-Cassidy bill, failed to advance on a 51-48 vote as well. It would let the enhanced Obamacare subsidies expire and use the federal healthcare dollars instead to go toward patients in the form of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). The Crapo-Cassidy plan is projected to lower insurance premiums by 11 percent thr

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