Congress's punt ensures healthcare will remain a top issue in January -- and 'very likely through spring'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

This past week saw a flurry of healthcare headlines from Capitol Hill but nothing close to finality on the issue. Lawmakers have headed home for the year, and President Trump remains behind a GOP-only approach that even members of his own party are distancing themselves from.

Perhaps the only seeming certainty: Expiring Obamacare subsidies mean millions of Americans will at least begin 2026 with higher premiums.

It also means, as Pangaea Policy's Terry Haines put it in a recent note, "markets should expect a political risk whipsaw at least until [the end of] January, and very likely through spring."

The focus on healthcare, of course, comes intertwined with the next looming shutdown deadline on Jan. 30.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/congresss-punt-ensures-healthcare-will-remain-a-top-issue-in-january--and-very-likely-through-spring-143046203.html

If people are paying more as has been suggested, you can be assured it will remain an issue.

[PJMcK]

1. Very likely until Election Day in November (n/t)

[leftstreet]

2. Nice. Uninsured people - fodder for politicians

[Cheezoholic]

3. Repukes will try and turn it into "gubement don't work" like they have for 50 years n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Gubmit doesn't work

Elect us and we'll prove it. - The GOP

Meaning it doesn't work when they're running it.

[Skittles]

5. yes, they like to say that

then when they are in power they like to prove it