Is Obamacare doomed without extended subsidies?

Health insurance subsidies are at the center of the current government shutdown. Democrats want to extend some expiring Affordable Care Act/Obamacare subsidies. Obamacare has weathered several political storms since its inception, but how will it fare without those subsidies? <br/><br/>Today on the show, death spirals and the future of Obamacare.<br/><br/><strong>Related episodes: </strong><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/1254056490/healthcare-churn-insurance-medicaid-america"target="_blank" >The hidden costs of healthcare churn</a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1253891564/how-doctors-helped-tank-universal-health-care"target="_blank" >How doctors helped tank universal healthcare</a> <br/><br/><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>. Fact-checking by </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/12688256...