House advances GOP health care package that doesn’t include ObamaCare subsidy extension

The House advanced a GOP health care bill Wednesday, even as moderate Republicans signed a Democratic discharge petition to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies in an act of defiance against leadership.  The vote was 213-209. Rep. Jen Kiggans (Va.) was the only Republican to vote no. The GOP package would not address the expiring...

GOP centrists push Democratic ObamaCare discharge petition to 218-signature threshold

Disgruntled centrist Republicans raced on Wednesday to sign a Democratic discharge petition extending ObamaCare subsidies for three years, providing the definitive 218 signatures to force a vote on the bill over the opposition of GOP leaders. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) and Ryan Mackenzie (R-Pa.) went to the chamber floor...

GOP centrists sign onto Democratic ObamaCare discharge petition in major act of defiance

Centrist GOP Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Robert Bresnahan (R-Pa.) signed a discharge petition led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to force a vote on extending expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies for three years — amounting to a major act of defiance against Republican leadership. Their signatures bring the petition within...

Top Democrat leaves door open to support for bipartisan ObamaCare bills

The head of the House Democratic Caucus said Tuesday that Democrats aren’t ruling out the possibility of supporting bipartisan legislation to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), like other Democratic leaders, is still pushing hard for the Democrats’ three-year “clean” extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, which expire at the...

Senate health care talks flicker to life as ObamaCare deadline nears 

A bipartisan group of senators is making a renewed push toward finding a health care solution as the hour-glass winds down to the end-of-month deadline to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Roughly 20 senators met Monday night at the invitation of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), with lawmakers using a proposal from her and Sen....

82 percent say they’re satisfied with health care coverage: Survey

An NBC News Decision Desk survey released Sunday found that over eight in 10 respondents are satisfied with their health insurance coverage, just weeks before Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies are set to expire. The poll, powered by SurveyMonkey, found that 34 percent of respondents were “very satisfied” with their coverage, while 48 percent reported...