Health insurance sign-ups through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) jumped by nearly 2 million during the most recent enrollment period, which ended in mid-January, totaling 16.3 million people.
The gains suggest the program known as Obamacare is going strong, despite repeated efforts by Republicans to kill it.
It also suggests subsidies provided to the program through two massive pieces of legislation spearheaded by President Biden had an influen...
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The Memo: Trump and Biden find common enemy in DeSantis
President Biden and former President Trump have found at least one common foe: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Biden traveled to DeSantis’s home state of Florida on Thursday, just two days after his State of the Union address.
There, the president criticized DeSantis for the governor’s failure to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act.
Biden asserted that more than 1.1 million lower-income Floridians would be eligible for Medicaid if DeSantis...
The Memo: Trump and Biden find common enemy in DeSantis
President Biden and former President Trump have found at least one common foe: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Biden traveled to DeSantis’s home state of Florida on Thursday, just two days after his State of the Union address.
There, the president criticized DeSantis for the governor’s failure to expand Medicaid under the terms of the Affordable Care Act.
Biden asserted that more than 1.1 million lower-income Floridians would be eligible for Medicaid if DeSantis...
Biden admin touts coverage gains ahead of ObamaCare deadline
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday reported significant gains in health insurance coverage across numerous demographics in 2021, two days before the enrollment deadline for ObamaCare.
The report issued by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation found that the national rate of uninsured people under the age of 65 fell from 11.1 percent in 2019 to 10.5 percent in 2021, with larger gains made in demographics that have historica...
We have a Republican Speaker, but no Republican plan to speak of
Republicans have vehemently complained that President Biden and Democrats are taking the country and the economy in the wrong direction. But now that Republicans control the House of Representatives, what specifically do they intend to do instead? Your guess is as good as mine, because Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) never laid out a detailed plan.
It’s not a new problem for Republicans.
Remember when Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, in March...
We have a Republican Speaker, but no Republican plan to speak of
Republicans have vehemently complained that President Biden and Democrats are taking the country and the economy in the wrong direction. But now that Republicans control the House of Representatives, what specifically do they intend to do instead? Your guess is as good as mine, because Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) never laid out a detailed plan.
It’s not a new problem for Republicans.
Remember when Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, in March...
Biden administration approves Washington state request to offer health insurance to undocumented immigrants
The Biden administration has approved an application by Washington state to expand health insurance access for all residents regardless of immigration status by allowing it to forgo requirements set by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury Department approved Washington's application for a State Innovation Waiver, issued under section 1332 of the ACA. The application for this waiver was submitted in May.
Obamacare enrollment sign ups jump by 40 percent in 2022
The number of people who signed up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov jumped by 40 percent compared to last year, President Biden said on Friday.
"Right now, four out of five folks who sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act can get healthcare coverage for $10 a month or less. These lower rates were set to expire on Jan. 1 of this coming year, but instead we were able to extend them," Biden said during remarks addressing business and labor leaders. ...
Pelosi’s most memorable moments as Speaker
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) announcement Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position for the House Democratic Caucus next session will end her 20-year tenure as the top Democrat in the body.
Pelosi has been elemental in many key moments since she took over as House Democrats’ leader in 2003 and as House Speaker in 2007, serving multiple terms as minority leader and Speaker.
She helped orchestrate landmark legislative accomplishm...
From homemaker to House Speaker: Nancy Pelosi’s time in Congress
After almost two decades leading the House Democratic Caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she will step down from her leadership role in the next congressional session.
Pelosi became the leader of the caucus in 2003 and became the first female speaker of the House in 2007. She has had two separate stints as House speaker and minority leader but has consistently been a face of the Democratic Party for a generation.
Pelosi has oversee...