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Tax credits for people on Affordable Health Care Act policies will expire at the end of this year.
Prices will skyrocket for many, unless Congress acts.
And fears Elena Moore reports a Democratic plan would extend these subsidies.
The Senate is expected to vote on the Democrats' proposal later this week,
which would extend these COVID-era healthcare subsidies for three more years.
That plan doesn't have Republican buy-in.
And though several GOP lawmakers are working on counter proposals that include things like income caps to qualify,
the party hasn't united around one plan.
Missouri Republicans Senator Josh Hawley says it needs to.
What signal will it send if Republicans say,
we're going to say no to the Democrats plan, but we're not going to offer anything.
The message that we'll send is, good luck to the American people.
We don't really care.