WASHINGTON — Congress enters its final week of work before the holidays without a clear path on how to handle skyrocketing health care insurance premiums.

The U.S. Senate shot down competing plans — one Democratic and one Republican — on Thursday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, said the GOP House majority will release and vote this week on a bill that will address increased costs across the board and not just for the 7% of Americans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. That specific group will see the cost of their policies double starting with the New Year in three weeks if Congress doesn’t act.

Democrats insist on extending ACA marketplace tax credits for three years to avoid a financial slap that 24.3 million working Americans are about to feel and to allow time to devel

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