As Congress circles the issue, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 6 in 10 Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about their health costs going up in the next year. Those worries extend across age groups and include people with and without health insurance, the poll found.

Few signs of progress toward an agreement to reopen the government have emerged as both parties work to lay blame on their political opposition.

Democrats are trying to leverage the must-pass bill to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration is tying a shutdown to potential mass federal worker layoffs. The current battle focuses on expiring subsidies for the Affordable Care Act that Democrats say will hurt the ability of millions of enrollees to afford insurance.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump got a significant amount of blame during the last partial government shutdown, which took place toward the end of his first term after he forced a shutdown over border wall funding — but with Democrats embracing ...

With no resolution in sight, the federal government shutdown stretched into its 17th day Friday, inching toward a fourth week as Congress plays the blame game over how to end it.

The poll finds that 54% of U.S. adults call the shutdown a “major issue,” with just 11% saying it is “not a problem at all.” Democrats are most likely, at 69%, to see it as a major problem, but 59% of independents and 37% of Republicans feel the same way.

When that poll asked Americans who is most to blame for a deal not being reached and subsequently causing the shutdown, they indicated Democrats in Congress and President Donald Trump were tied for most blame, while Republicans in Congress received the least amount of blame.