Trump Admin, Lawmakers Propose Ways to Lower Cost of Obamacare

As a mid-December Senate vote on Obamacare approaches, a variety of proposals have been suggested by the president and members of Congress.

A man leaves an office with a sign about Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, in Miami, Fla., in a file photograph. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Obamacare remains on center stage nearly a week after the government shutdown ended on Nov. 12.

The health coverage program, formally known as the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace, was a driver of the government shutdown as Democrats demanded that temporary enhanced subsidies for the program be made permanent.