In Case You Haven't Heard…

The shutdown is over, which you have definitely heard about. President Trump signed into law the continuing resolution to keep the government open at fiscal year 2025 levels through Jan. 30, 2026. To read the bill, go to https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th‐congress/house‐bill/5371 . It did not resolve the reasons for the shutdown: the Democrats' refusal to sign it unless Affordable Care Act subsidies, which the Republicans removed this spring in H.R. 1, were returned. Currently, people in this very popular program are facing big increases in premiums. Whether anything will be done about it is unclear. Last week, Mehmet Oz, M.D., director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told Americans that if they want cheaper insurance premiums, they should be healthier. Meanwhile, the timing of future appropriations bills is unclear.