GOP on shaky ground with claim about Democrats’ shutdown demands

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 health care, News

Amid a stalemate over government funding, Republicans have repeatedly accused Democrats of demanding free health care for immigrants in the country illegally in return for their support of a federal funding bill.

It’s a misleading message circulated widely by Republican leaders in the House and Senate, as well as by President Trump and Vice President Vance.

Trump on Monday posted an AI fake of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) saying: “If we giv...

Students for Life: Abortion pill review ‘must go back to the beginning’

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 health care, News

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Ocasio-Cortez on shutdown: ‘They want us to blink first’

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 ACA, health care, News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called on Democrats to not fold on their health insurance demands before true negotiations begin to reopen the government.

“They want us to blink first, and we have too much to save. Protecting people is too important a task for us to give up before anything even starts,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview Tuesday night on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes.”

Asked about the “rising sense of alarm about the aggressiveness of th...

Health insurance costs for 22 million in limbo as shutdown begins

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 health care, News

As the first government shutdown since 2019 begins, GOP leaders insist any talk of extending COVID-era enhanced subsidies for ObamaCare plans won’t happen until at least mid-November.

“We are not going to be held hostage for over $1 trillion in new spending on a continuing resolution,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Tuesday.

But insurance experts agree: If Republicans have their way, millions of people who buy health insurance through the Af...

Shutdown looms as deal evades Congress

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 Affordable Care Act, health care, News, obamacare

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Schumer: Trump, GOP leaders are ‘divided’ over health insurance subsidies in funding bill

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 health care, News, Senate

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said a rift is emerging between President Trump and GOP leaders in Congress about whether to use a short-term government funding bill to prevent health insurance premiums from soaring next year because of the expiration of enhanced subsidies at the end of this year.

“The particular focus was on health care. When we made these arguments it was clear there was a division or possible division between the president and the two Repub...

Lawmakers dig in heels as shutdown deadline looms

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 health care, News, Senate

Lawmakers from both parties dug in their heels Sunday over government funding demands ahead of a meeting between President Trump and congressional leaders aimed at averting a shutdown this week.

During various interviews on the Sunday political affairs programs, Republican and Democratic leaders signaled that health care subsidies set to expire at the end of the year remain a key sticking point.

Democratic leaders have been adamant that Republicans won’t get their...

Van Hollen says Democrats ‘not going to write a blank check’ to avert shutdown

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 health care, News, Senate

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Democrats will not “write a blank check” to the Trump administration to avert a government shutdown.

In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the Maryland Democrat doubled down on the party's opposition to a GOP-backed continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding at current levels unless money is included for health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire at the end of the year.
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Jeffries says he’s ‘hopeful’ Congress can avert a government shutdown

September 28, 2025September 28, 2025 health care, News

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, ...

White House study touts HSA eligibility expansion amid health care funding fight

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 health care, News

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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