Obamacare Fraud Claims Deepen Partisan Divisions Over Shutdown

As health care remains a key flashpoint in the government shutdown fight, Republicans have argued that enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits lead to fraud and should be left to expire.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said earlier this month that the tax credits haven’t worked well and are “filled with abuse.”

Johnson reiterated Monday that lawmakers need time to negotiate on the Obamacare subsidies, and not as part of a continuing resolution. “The expiring Obamacare subsidy at the end of the year is a serious problem,” he said. “Because if you look at it objectively, you know that ...