Sen Murphy warns 'people are going to die' as Congress punts on expiring Obamacare subsidies
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The Senate remains divided on extending expiring Obamacare subsidies as Americans face average premium increases of 114% when enhanced subsidies lapse at year's end.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
Part of the finger-pointing has yielded another surprising agreement: Lawmakers don’t see the fast-approaching expiration of the Biden-era enhanced Obamacare subsidies as Congress failing to act in time.
"Obviously, it's not a failure of Congress to act," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. "It's a failure of Republicans to act. Democrats are united and wanting to expand subsidies. Republicans want premium increases to go up."
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