: If Manchin and Democrats can’t work a deal on enhanced Obamacare subsidies, here are the stakes for women in a post-Roe world

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Nearly one million women of child-bearing age could be uninsured next year if lawmakers let enhancements lapse for a tax credit linked to Obamacare coverage, according to researchers who say the timing is particularly jarring after the fall of Roe v. Wade.

Democrats are staring at the possibility of an increasingly stripped-down spending bill with Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, refusing to back anything for now that includes higher taxes or energy and climate provisions.Along with drug-pricing reforms, one…