Four Republican senators, including two vulnerable incumbents who are up for reelection next year, broke ranks Thursday and voted for a three-year extension of enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) all voted for the Democratic proposal,...
LIVE coverage: Senate votes on second health care proposal, defense funding A Republican-drafted proposal to set up health savings accounts for people who buy their health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace failed to advance on a largely party-line vote on Thursday, leaving Congress no closer to addressing the substantial rise in health care premiums...
The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America warned House lawmakers Wednesday it would negatively score those who sign a discharge petition to trigger a vote on legislation extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premiums tax credits, as it would include coverage for abortion services. The group made the announcement in a letter to lawmakers...
Cracks are forming in the Democrats’ demands for extending ObamaCare subsidies. For weeks, House Democratic leaders have championed a “clean” three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, pressing centrist Republicans to sign their discharge petition to force the bill to the floor over the opposition of GOP leaders. Most rank-and-file Democrats have...
Moderate and vulnerable Republicans are attempting a long-shot revolt against their leaders in the House over health care. They are trying to force a vote to extend the enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that GOP leaders are declining to bring up — and that moderates warn will cost Republicans in the midterms. House Republican leaders said Wednesday...
House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters the legislation will comprise...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed concern that Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies will not be extended before the end of this year. “It’s a tragedy,” Sanders told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN’s “The Source.” The Vermont progressive added that Americans “are not prepared” for the ramifications if the subsidies expire, which they are set to...
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Tuesday that he expects Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to expire and that “some people’s premiums are going to go up some.” “Remember, ObamaCare was created with only Democrat votes through reconciliation. So, I expect these subsidies to expire, but we're very willing to try to fix it,” Marshall said...
. The bipartisan backers of a new bill to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies say it represents Congress’s last best chance to avoid a cost cliff for millions of Americans at the start of next year. The legislation introduced Tuesday, spearheaded by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), is the latest effort to break the logjam and stave off the price...
A small group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by moderate House Republicans, on Tuesday launched another effort to extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as lawmakers try to find a combination of ideas that could break the current impasse. The latest plan is led by swing-district Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), along with GOP Reps. Don Bacon (Neb.), Rob...