FILE — Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), center, and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), left, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee meeting in Washington, Sept. 14, 2017. Some lawmakers want to fund the payments to insurers that President Donald Trump is cutting off, while the president says Democrats should negotiate with him. Alexander and Murray have been trying to work out a deal to provide money for the cost-sharing subsidies. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)  XNYT125 XNYT125