Where the GOP’s Health-Care Cuts Hurt Most: Ronald Brownstein

December 10, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC

The GOP’s cuts to federal health-care spending are likely to be a marquee issue in next year’s midterm elections. And this week, Senate Republicans are poised to significantly increase the number of states and House districts where Americans will feel the bite.

In a vote scheduled for Thursday, Senate Republicans are virtually certain to block the extension of the enhanced subsidies that former President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats passed to lower the cost of purchasing private insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

With that, Republicans will complete a picture they started by passing the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last ...

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