Senate Republicans are pessimistic about the chances for a bipartisan deal to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies before the Christmas deadline, The Hill reported on Tuesday.
A major reason for the pessimism is that although there is a solid group of GOP lawmakers in both the Senate and House who don’t want to see the enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expire at the end of the month, many more say Obamacare is hopelessly broken and are dead-set against an extension of beefed-up subsidies.
Such a fracture within the GOP makes it very difficult to move legislation, according to The Hill.
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