Senate Republicans' proposal to replace expiring Obamacare premium subsidies with pre-funded health savings accounts (HSAs) failed as lawmakers face year-end deadline.

The Republican bill, sponsored by Sens. Mike Crapo (Idaho) and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana) would allow existing ACA subsidies to expire and replace them with a new two-year program in which the federal government would directly pay into health savings accounts paired with certain plans on the ACA marketplace.

With the deadline to address expiring ACA tax credits fast approaching, GOP's John Thune announced that two competing health care plans will get a vote later this week.

S.D., announced that Republicans would back Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La, and Mike Crapo's, R-Idaho, plan to convert Obamacare subsidies to HSAs.

Repealing or replacing the Affordable Care Act has vexed Republicans for a decade and is once more a political issue.

As the Senate remains stuck and many oppose extending the subsidies, Republicans from swing districts try and find a bipartisan fix, Eric Garcia writes

The U.S. Senate will vote on Thursday on rival healthcare plans from Republicans and Democrats, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Tuesday, as Congress struggles to address a fast-approaching surge in health insurance premiums for up to 24 million Americans.

Dueling Republican and Democratic bills to combat rising health care costs on the Affordable Care Act marketplace failed to move out of the Senate as Americans in Arizona and other states face drastic premium increases.

The Senate is expected to block an extension of ACA tax credits, set to expire Jan. 1, potentially raising premiums for millions of Americans.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid reimbursement rate reductions he initiated two months ago, a decision that protects short-term access to care for vulnerable patients while a political fight with Republican legislators to enact additional funding is resolved.