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GOP pessimism grows over any deal to extend expiring health care subsidies

Senate Republicans don't see a bipartisan deal to extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies coming together before the Christmas deadline, given the complexity of the issue and a growing fight over abortion, an issue that deeply divides both parties. There is a solid group of Republican lawmakers in both the Senate and House who don't want to see the enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expire at the end of the month.