Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday that he believes a deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies could be made before the tax credits expire at the end of the year, a dispute that was at the center of the six-week government shutdown earlier this year.
Cassidy insisted Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" program that the deal could be reached despite just four legislative working days left before the end of the year.
"If somebody gets a policy with a $6,000 deductible, that's effectively no policy. It brings profit to the insurance company, but not protection to the patient," Cassidy said.
He said that Republicans have pushed putting "money in the patient's pocket" so that they have money to pay for out-of-pocket expenses while Democrats are saying "let's do something about premiums."
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