It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Mostly today. More election coverage,

as early voting continues in New York and New Jersey. We'll have a 30

issues and 30 days segment as part of that on the school funding formula as a race class

and geography issue in the New Jersey governor's race. And we'll take calls later on whether you're

voting more for somebody or more against somebody in the candidate choices that you're making in any race.

We'll also take a detour for a national issue today that we know is very personal to many of you,

your health insurance premiums bill, as open enrollment is beginning for the many of you on

Obamacare or Affordable Care Act health insurance policies, the Democrats,

as you probably know, have made a continuation of the current subsidies for those premiums,

the central issue for them in the government shutdown. The Republicans want the expanded subsidies

enacted during the pandemic to expire. And this is not just bookkeeping.

Renewal time is here,

and the difference in cost for millions of Americans

is real and immediate.

And we know health insurance premiums

on and off the Obamacare market

are going up for other reasons too.

So we'll have a guest to explain as well as we can and invite you to share

your latest premiums bill and to share your stories. Employers and employees too with workplace-based

insurance. You'll also be welcome that's coming up. But we begin on the New Jersey governor's race. As we've been doing on

these segments, we call Jersey Thursday or Jersey on the Brian Laird show. There's been so much

coverage of the early voting surge in New York City. Well, how about in Jersey, which has the

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