https://whyy.org/articles/government-shutdown-health-care-negotiations/
1. extend tax credits for health insurance, which will benefit millions of people.
At issue are tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. The subsidies, which go to low- and middle-income people who purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, are slated to expire at the end of the year if Congress doesn’t extend them. Their expiration would more than double what subsidized enrollees currently pay for premiums next year, according to an analysis by KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.
Democrats have demanded that the subsidies, first put in place in 2021 and extended a year later, be extended again.
2.reverse Mdeicaid cuts in Trump's BBB bil.
They also want any government funding bill to reverse the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’smega-bill passed this summer, which don’t go into effect immediately but are already driving some states to cut Medicaid payments to health providers.
Millions expected to lose Medicaid coverage without changes to Trump’s big bill
