Sam Greenglass

and a three-year extension failed in the Senate last week.

So the long-term fate of the subsidies is still unclear, even though they are all but certain to lapse, spiking premiums for millions of Americans come January 1st.

Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.

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Congress has two days to take action on health care subsidies before lawmakers head out of the Capitol for the holiday recess.

NPR congressional reporter Sam Greenglass has been tracking this story from Capitol Hill.

He's with us now.

Good morning, Sam.

So these subsidies, which some 22 million Americans get, have been in place since the pandemic.

Now, we know that without them, premiums could double or triple.

So why are we down to the wire here on addressing this?

Tell us more about the fault lines here.

Is it strictly along party lines?

But there are some moderate Republicans who do want to preserve the subsidies, at least temporarily.

What happened to that effort?

NPR congressional reporter Sam Greenclass.