[Source](https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/12/11/senate-rejects-extending-obamacare-subsidies-n4946951) > On Thursday afternoon, the Senate rejected extending Obamacare subsidies, refusing to let taxpayers mask the skyrocketing costs of health insurance premiums caused by Barack Obama’s 2010 signature legislation. > “Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from expiring on Jan. 1,” the Associated Press reported. “Ahead of the votes, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York warned Republicans that if they did not vote to extend the tax credits, ‘there won’t be another chance to act,’ before premiums rise for many people who buy insurance off the ACA marketplaces.” > “Let’s avert a disaster,” Schumer pleaded. “The American people are watching.” > Four Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Lisa Murkowski, and Dan Sullivan voted with the Democrats, but the legislation needed 60 votes to proceed, as did the Republican bill, which was also blocked on a 51-48 vote.