- GOP Gives Ground in Obamacare Stabilization Talks The Hill by Nathaniel Weixel — Republicans are willing to provide insurers with two years of Obamacare subsidies under a bipartisan market stabilization bill, according to the Senate Health Committee chairman. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said continuing cost-sharing reduction subsidies for two years is a key part of the stabilization package he is trying to negotiate with Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). Alexander and Murray are continuing to try to rally Republicans and Democrats around a short-term plan to lower Obamacare premiums in 2018 and 2019.