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The House voted Thursday to renew enhanced health care subsidies that expired last year, while in the Senate lawmakers advanced a bill over authorizing military force in Venezuela.

As the new year rings in, more than 20 million Americans are facing much higher health insurance costs, including nearly 500,000 Michiganders enrolled in marketplace plans.

If you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, tell us how this year's experience is different from last year.

The sudden withdrawal of three health insurance companies from Michigan's Affordable Care Act marketplace has left approximately 200,000 individuals scrambling to secure new coverage amidst soaring premium rates.

Changes to Medicaid and rising insurance premiums could major have ripple effects for Michigan's health care providers — and their patients. Meanwhile, food pantries are seeing an influx in people as the timeline for November's SNAP benefits remains murky. And, a remembrance of West Michigan football star Marshawn Kneeland, who died this week at the age of 24.

Republican Congressman John Moolenaar says the shutdown could imperil the very subsidies that Democrats say are central to getting their votes on federal funding bills.

The Citizens Research Council of Michigan says ending the tax credits will cause people's insurance premiums to skyrocket by hundreds of dollars a year on average.

Michigan House and Senate bills would maintain coverage requirements outlined in the federal law.

The federal government is requiring proof of income eligibility for Medicaid for the first time since the pandemic began.

The federal Inflation Reduction Act extends by three years subsidies that lower the cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.