WASHINGTON – Bitterly divided over the future of the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers in Congress plunged the federal government into a shutdown in 2013.
Sound familiar?
Just over a decade later, the landmark health care law known as Obamacare has once again become a sticking point in federal funding negotiations, threatening to shut off the government's lights.
Except things are much different now: Last time, Republicans were trying to gut Obamacare just as it became the law of the land.
Now, years after the ACA reshaped American health care, Democrats are pleading with the GOP to help them extend premium subsidies that will expire at the end of year. If they do nothing, insurance costs will spike for millions.
