Health insurance costs for 22 million in limbo as shutdown begins

As the first government shutdown since 2019 begins, GOP leaders insist any talk of extending COVID-era enhanced subsidies for ObamaCare plans won’t happen until at least mid-November.

“We are not going to be held hostage for over $1 trillion in new spending on a continuing resolution,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Tuesday. 

But insurance experts agree: If Republicans have their way, millions of people who buy health insurance through the Af...