A new analysis published by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found that out-of-pocket premium payments will more than double if ObamaCare's enhanced premium tax credits expire.
According to the CBPP's projections, annual out-of-pocket premium payments would more than double, exceeding $1,000 on average if the credits aren't extended. Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans begins this Saturday.
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Idaho a precursor in continuing ACA debacle
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6 in 10 concerned about higher health costs: Survey
A majority of U.S. adults express a high level of concern about their health care costs increasing over the next year, according to a survey released Tuesday.
The Associated Press-NORC poll, conducted in mid-October, shows nearly 6 in 10 respondents are “extremely” or “very” concerned about rising health care costs this coming year — at 32 percent and 25 percent, respectively.
Another 26 percent said they’re “somewhat” concerned, 8 percent said they’re “not too co...
Anxiety grows over ACA tax credits stalemate
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Jeffries defends rejection of short-term extension of ObamaCare subsidies
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday defended his opposition to a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, a proposal backed by a handful of moderate Republicans as part of an effort to reopen the government.
In an interview on “CNN News Central,” the Democratic leader noted the short-term proposal “doesn't even have the support of the House Republican leadership, who have refused to address the issue of extending the Affordable Care ...
Jeffries calls Lawler ‘malignant clown’ after confrontation in House hallway
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called fellow New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) a “malignant clown” in the wake of a confrontation in a House hallway.
“So, we conclude this press conference, and I hear that Mike Lawler, who's a complete and total fraud, is waiting outside to step to me, apparently, right, about the Affordable Care Act,” Jeffries said on a Wednesday episode of “The Siren Podcast.”
“And I'm like, ‘This guy?’ So, you know, I t...
Jeffries, Lawler get into confrontation over ObamaCare: ‘You’re embarrassing yourself’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) traded pointed barbs in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday, after the moderate Republican confronted the Democratic leader about his opposition to a short-term extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies.
Lawler approached Jeffries when he emerged from the House Democratic leadership press conference and repeatedly pressed the Democrat to sign on to a proposal that would extend the ObamaCar...
Greene doubles down on remarks about Affordable Care Act subsidies
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doubled down on recent remarks about Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies amid a government shutdown battle centered around health care.
“The issues of the subsidies are real. It's not something that anybody can say is made up,” Greene told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill. “Also, people with regular or private plans, their premiums are looking to go up a median of 18 percent, that's brutal. I know a lot of small business owners, lik...
Ocasio-Cortez on shutdown: ‘They want us to blink first’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on Democrats to not fold on their health insurance demands before true negotiations begin to reopen the government.
“They want us to blink first, and we have too much to save. Protecting people is too important a task for us to give up before anything even starts,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview Tuesday night on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes.”
Asked about the “rising sense of alarm about the aggressiveness of th...
Memo advises GOP to extend ACA tax credits
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