"Donald Trump himself alternates between claiming he's already pushed the cost of living way down and publicly mulling ways to convince Americans to feel better about their ability to make ends meet. Obviously Republicans need to improve the president's sinking job-approval numbers in anticipation of high-stakes midterm elections. But more immediately, the GOP must decide how to deal with the health-insurance "cliff" it created by failing to extend Obamacare premium subsidies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
"Republicans clearly can't bring themselves to just extend the subsidies, even with the concessions on their cost and eligibility that Democrats would almost certainly accept. The Senate vote they promised on the issue by December will likely fall short of any actual results, and House Republicans are signaling unmistakably that they have no stomach for anything that looks like a blessing of the hated legacy health-care program of the 44th president (which they are now calling the Unaffordable Care Act)."
Republicans have shifted to emphasizing affordability after electoral setbacks, with President Trump alternating claims about lowering the cost of living and efforts to reassure voters about making ends meet. The GOP faces an immediate health-insurance cliff caused by failing to extend Obamacare premium subsidies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and refusing Democratic fixes during the government-reopening negotiations. Senate Republicans are unlikely to pass the promised December vote, and House Republicans refuse measures resembling support for the Obama-era program, now derided as the Unaffordable Care Act. The White House is considering a second budget reconciliation bill to include health care and affordability measures ahead of the midterms.
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