GOP Floats Ways to Address Expiring Health Credits: BGOV Tax

December 9, 2025, 11:03 AM UTC

Senate GOP Floats Health Credit Options

Ahead of a deadline at month’s end, Republicans are proposing ideas to address the expiring health-care tax credits at the heart of the longest government shutdown in US history.

A plan developed by Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) would provide federally funded health savings accounts to certain high-deductible Affordable Care Act health plans, according to a document viewed by Bloomberg. The senators publicly unveiled their bill late Monday.

The framework would provide these HSAs to people making less than 700% of the federal poverty level. Individuals aged 18 to 49 would ...

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