The Democratic plan includes an extension to health care subsidies for 3 years

Senate Democrats and Republicans presented competing health care bills for a vote on Thursday—and both of them failed to get enough votes to advance. The Democratic plan included an extension to health care subsidies for three years—right now, they're set to expire on January 1st. The Republican plan aimed to replace those subsidies with money for health savings accounts.

Al Jazeera’s Patty Culhane reports more on what that means for the cost of health care in America. Meanwhile, Lindsay Allen joins live from Chicago, Illinois. She is a professor and health economist at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.

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