Healthcare Subsidies Aren’t In The Deal To Reopen The Government. What Is?

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The government shutdown is over, after Congress passed a deal Wednesday that funds the government through the end of January. The deal does not extend expiring health insurance subsidies, but it does include a provision allowing several Senate Republicans to sue the government for millions. We discuss what’s in the deal and what comes next.

This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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1:14.4	That sounds like another podcast.
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1:22.3	I'm Sarah McCammon.
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