WASHINGTON — Critical health care policies hang in the balance as Congress returns from recess Tuesday and begins a fight over government funding.
The deadline for funding the government is Sept. 30. Congress could pass temporary funding measures to buy time for negotiation, but a government shutdown is not out of the question. A true appropriations bill could likely be finished by the end of the year.
The expiring enhanced subsidies that have made Affordable Care Act marketplace plans cheaper will likely factor prominently into the government-funding debate, thanks to their cost and political importance, which will in turn affect multiple other health care policies.
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