House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he’s "hopeful" Congress can avert a government shutdown, a day before he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are set to meet with President Trump and GOP leaders at the White House.

“Our view going into the meeting is that we want to find bipartisan common ground to find a spending agreement that avoids a government shutdown and actually meets the needs of the American people in terms of their health, ...

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The White House is touting efforts to expand eligibility for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for millions of Americans, as Democrats' demands around health care access are front-and-center in the government funding fight.

A report shared exclusively with The Hill from the White House Council of Economic Advisers outlines how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Trump signed into law in July, is expected to expand access to HSAs for millions of Americans.

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Leaders from 35 conservative organizations are urging President Trump to allow Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire at the end of the year rather than extending or making them permanent.

The letter comes as Democrats in Congress are calling on Republicans to meet their demands on health care as a condition of funding the government beyond the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline. At the top of their list of asks is extending the ACA subsidies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic t...

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With a government shutdown looming and midterms about a year away, Democratic lawmakers are itching for a fight on health care. 

Democrats have successfully run on health care before, and they believe a shutdown would only amplify their message as they seek to break the Republican triumvirate in Washington. 

For weeks, Democratic lawmakers have been talking about tying an extension of ObamaCare's enhanced tax credits to government funding legislation. 

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A group of Northeastern states and New York City on Thursday formally announced a joint public health coalition to collaborate on evidence-based public health, including vaccines, in a direct challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to upend federal vaccine policy. 

It’s the latest example of vaccine policy fracturing along party lines, as blue states seek to insulate their residents from the effects of the federal government's increasingly antagonistic stance toward...

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