Chuck Schumer condemns president for stopping Snap benefits for millions as overall cost of shutdown to US economy could reach $14bn
US could lose up to $14bn during shutdown, budget office says
Obamacare insurance prices will jump up 26% next year, report predicts
On X, Adam Schiff, one of California’s Democratic senators, criticized acting US attorney Bill Essayli, after a judge found that he was in the Los Angeles-based position illegally.
Schiff wrote:
“Unlawfully serving” in his role. Acting illegally. But left in place? While this Administration continues to replace career professionals with illegitimate political allies eager to do Trump’s bidding, Californians need better relief than this.
I do the American People’s bidding at the direction of their duly elected President. That’s how our Constitution works. Try reading and abiding by it sometime.
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Obamacare insurance prices will jump up 26% next year, report predicts
Enhanced subsidies keeping premiums affordable for millions will expire, threatening to more than double what households pay out of pocket
People in the US shopping for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces will face a steep 26% average price increase next year, according to new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation released just days before enrollment begins on 1 November.
The jump represents one of the sharpest rises since the healthcare program l...
Watch live: Schumer, Senate Democrats speak amid shutdown showdown
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning as the government shutdown stretches to nearly a month.
The lapse in funding, the second-longest in history, was extended Tuesday after Democrats blocked the GOP-backed continuing resolution for the 13th time. Democrats have argued that health care subsidies, which expire under the Affordable Care Act at the end of the year, must be included in the stopgap funding bill.
Senat...
Wall Street Journal urges GOP to kill ObamaCare subsidies
The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal is urging Republicans in Congress to end health care subsidies introduced as part of ObamaCare as the party tries to negotiate an end to the government shutdown, which has stretched into its fourth week.
"Despite longtime Democratic political dominance on healthcare, more voters may be noticing for the first time in years that the Affordable Care Act is a debacle that has made care worse and more expensive," the Journal wrote a...
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases
The government website now shows consumers how much their health insurance costs will increase next year, as Congress remains at an impasse over the plans’ subsidies.
Trump pitches working with Democrats on ObamaCare alternative
President Trump floated working with Democrats on an alternative to ObamaCare on Wednesday, saying the two parties could come up with a “much better” option.
“We have to fix health care because ObamaCare is a disaster,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to South Korea.
“When you see the increases in ObamaCare, it never worked. It never will work, and we can do something with the Democrats much better than ObamaCare,” he continued. “Less mo...
Watch live: Johnson gives remarks on Day 29 of shutdown as pressure mounts
House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold his daily press conference Wednesday morning as pressure mounts on both sides of the aisle to reopen the government after funding lapsed nearly a month ago.
Johnson teased earlier this week that Republicans are working to develop a GOP replacement for the Affordable Care Act and the expiring tax credits that have been at the center of Democrats' demands. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday aired frustration over the lack of tr...
GOP senator scolds Greene: ‘Present an option’ and ‘don’t just criticize what other people are doing’
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Tuesday urged Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to stop sharing criticism about GOP lawmakers' approach to solving the lapse in Affordable Care Act subsidies and present her own plan.
“If this is something she‘s passionate about, put pen to paper, write a bill, present an option,” Moreno said during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source.”
“Don‘t just criticize what other people are doing,” he added.
Moreno ...
Congress stares down shutdown ‘D-Day’
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Shutdown pain spikes this weekend, upping pressure on Congress to strike deal
The shutdown pain is set to spiral.
After four weeks when the real-world impacts of the budget impasse have been relatively limited, a series of deadlines governing a range of programs will converge at the turn of the month to send the effects of the shutdown well beyond the Beltway.
The D-Day moment, which hits this weekend, is poised to wallop groups as varied as military troops, patients on ObamaCare, kids in Head Start, and low-income families on food stamps.<...