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Who might be hardest hit by expiring Obamacare tax credits
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Who will get hit hardest by expiring ACA health insurance subsidies?
The fight over enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) marketplace drags on in Congress as crucial deadlines draw near and certain groups stand to be hit the hardest if an agreement to extend the subsidies doesn’t materialize.
Estimates of how many will be impacted by expiring tax credits have ranged from 3 million to more than 4 million enrollees. Based on early projections, this subsection is likely to be younger.
“Young adults would s...
Poll finds more people are starting to blame Democrats for shutdown
Americans are more likely to blame Republicans than Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown, but a new YouGov/The Economist poll shows that gap is beginning to narrow.
Only 6 points separate the parties in this week’s poll, which shows 39 percent of surveyed Americans blame President Trump and the Republicans in Congress for the shutdown, while 33 percent blame the Democrats in Congress.
Last week, 11 points separated the two sides, with 41 percent of respon...
Jeffries: Greene has had ‘surprisingly enlightened few weeks’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been acting more “enlightened” in recent weeks after the ardent MAGA supporter broke with her party on the Epstein file discharge petition and the expiring federal health care subsidies.
“It does seem to many of us that she’s had a surprisingly enlightened few weeks in terms of her perspective on both the Epstein files” and the ObamaCare subsidies, Jeffries said Monday on MSNBC’s “Ka...
Trump administration haphazardly fires and recalls CDC staffers
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Vance says ACA tax credits fuel fraud
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Vice President Vance said Sunday that subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) fuel waste and fraud in the insurance industry, as Republicans refuse Democratic demands to extend the tax credits ahead of open enrollment next month.
“The tax credits go to some people deservedly. And we think the tax credits actually go to a lot of waste and fraud within the insurance indust...
Johnson says he had ‘thoughtful’ talk with Greene amid her criticism of health care costs
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that he and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had a “thoughtful conversation” in recent days regarding the latter's concerns over health care premiums.
During an interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, Johnson said he told Greene that “there are many Republicans in Congress that have been working around the clock on this.”
The Louisiana Republican added that while Greene does not serve on any of...
Kelly says GOP commitment to hold vote on subsidies is not enough to end shutdown
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Democratic support for the GOP proposal to reopen the government.
Kelly, in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” called for a “real negotiation” and solution to the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies that are expected to increase health insurance premiums for millions o...
Graham says shutdown won’t ‘change how I approach health care’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the government shutdown will not change his opposition to extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats have made their central demand in the ongoing funding standoff.
In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Graham criticized Democrats’ approach and said he wouldn’t support extending the subsidies unless there was first “great reform.” He also said he would not engage in those conversations until the governments reopens.<...