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In less than a month enhanced Obamacare tax credits will expire. These subsidies are used by

roughly 22 million Americans who purchase health care on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces

like Covered California. The results, according to one estimate, is that health care premiums

will more than double on average. There's lots of agreement in Washington that this is a big deal.

Here's Missouri Senator Josh Hawley at a Senate hearing yesterday.

If we don't do something on this issue, if Congress does not take action on this issue in the next few weeks,

this will be a crisis for 24 million Americans and counting.

But what to do about the looming expiration of these health care tax credits?

There seems to be less agreement about that.

Joining us to discuss the latest Jonathan Cohen, senior national correspondent with the bulwark.

He's also the author of a book about the Affordable Care Act called The Ten Year War,

Obamacare, and the

Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage. Jonathan, thanks for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

And Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at KFF, a nonpartisan health policy

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