Obamacare subsidies at center of Dem shutdown fight 'fuel' healthcare cost inflation, conservatives say

The government has been shut down for a week and so far shows no clear sign of stopping, as Democrats continue to demand that any funding bill include an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of 2025.But conservative groups are pushing back hard, arguing that those subsidies are fuel on the fire of higher healthcare premiums."What the Biden COVID credit did is they made the situation worse in two ways: They shifted a portion of the premium away from the enrollees to the taxpayer, and they brought more people into the subsidy structure by lifting the cap