Sunday shows preview: House sends climate, tax and health package to Biden

The Sunday talk show circuit this week will revolve around the Democratic climate, tax and health package sent from the House to President Biden’s desk.

The $740 billion package was passed by House Democrats on Friday after it narrowly passed in a party-line vote in the Senate, where Vice President Harris voted to break the tie.

To avoid a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats used budget reconciliation to approve the package with a simple majority.

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Expanding health insurance for adults also increased coverage for children

Story at a glance
  • A 2008 experiment conducted in Oregon showed that more eligible children are enrolled in Medicaid once adults in their household also enroll.
  • The study was conducted prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act, which gave states the option to expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage.
  • Although more children were covered in the short-term thanks to the experiment, many remained uninsured, and e...

Health Care — Democrats advance health measures in sweeping bill

A pulled pork BBQ sandwich stuffed with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Fluffer Nutter sweet potato fries and deep-fried pickles smothered in gravy are all dishes you can find at an MLB stadium this season, if you weren’t already excited about baseball. 

It was a long weekend on Capitol Hill, where Democrats got a big win on Sunday by passing their sweeping health care and climate package. We’ll dive into what it means and how it happened.  

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Here’s what’s in the Inflation Reduction Act, the sweeping health and climate bill passed Sunday

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Harris breaks 50-50 deadlock to advance landmark climate, tax, health bill

The Senate voted along party lines Saturday afternoon to advance a sweeping bill to reform the tax code, tackle climate change and lower the cost of prescription drugs, taking a big step closer to giving President Biden a major victory before the November midterm elections.  

The Senate voted 51 to 50 to proceed to the 755-page bill, after Vice President Kamala Harris arrived at the Capitol to cast the tie-breaking vote. 

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Biden officials remind insurers they must cover birth control for free

Biden administration officials on Thursday reminded insurers that they are legally required to cover contraception services at no cost.

The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued guidance reminding insurers of the legal obligation under ObamaCare to provide contraceptive coverage for free.

Officials said the guidance was issued in response to increasing complaints from individuals and covered dependents about not receiving this coverage....

McConnell warns Democratic tax deal will ‘kill many thousands of American jobs’

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The Supreme Court left millions of Americans uninsured: Here’s what Congress can do to cover them

Nearly 4 million Americans lack health insurance because of a 2012 Supreme Court decision that allowed states to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. In the coming weeks, Congress has a chance to clean up the mess the court’s decision created.

To understand what Congress can do now, it is useful to review how we got here. The Affordable Care Act required all state Medicaid programs to cover people with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty line (currentl...

White House offers no reaction to Manchin blow

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The more the US invests in Obamacare, the more unsustainable it looks

Obamacare has never been more successful. It’s also never been more obviously unsustainable.

In the wake of Covid-19 and the subsequent rise in unemployment, more Americans than ever turned to the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s marketplace to buy health insurance. Since early March, when president Joe Biden started a new open-enrollment period, more than 200,000 Americans have signed up. In 2020, 11.5 million health insurance policies were bought through the ACA, and of them, ...