Congress let ACA subsidies expire; Carolyn Bourdeaux explains the impact and why offsets matter for the debt crisis

Congress let ACA subsidies expire; Carolyn Bourdeaux explains the impact and why offsets matter for the debt crisis

Interview transcript Terry Gerton So as we speak, the main topic that generated the last government shutdown, the Affordable Care Act subsidy extension, has expired and we’re potentially looking at a partial shutdown again just at the end of this month. Talk to us first about what the expiration of the subsidies means for Americans. Carolyn Bordeaux So yes, it’s a very intensely felt issue among some big sectors of the population. What people ne…