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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Democrats bet the House on health care
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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Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump to avoid government shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) sent a letter to President Trump Saturday to demand a meeting to discuss the expiration of government funding on Sept. 30, which could result in a shutdown.
Alarms are flashing on Capitol Hill after the Senate rejected a seven-week continuing resolution (CR) that passed the House on a largely party-line vote, leaving leaders on both sides of the aisle at a stalemate over how to ...
Democrats hold firm on ACA subsidies
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States band together on vaccine recommendations in challenge to Trump administration
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...
Former CDC leaders to blast Kennedy at hearing
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ACA tax credits at center of shutdown fight
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ObamaCare fight meets shutdown politics: What to know
An ObamaCare deadline has collided with a fight over government funding, as Democrats are signaling they want Republicans to extend the law's expiring premium subsidies before they support any bill to keep the government open.
Without action, enhanced tax credits passed during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people afford coverage will expire at the end of the year. Congress has extended the subsidies twice, but now Republicans control the entire government and ma...
GOP under pressure to extend Obamacare tax credits
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Pressure mounts on GOP leaders to extend ObamaCare subsidies
GOP pressure is mounting on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, as a number of rank-and-file Republicans push leaders to prevent the popular subsidies from expiring at the end of the year.
Eleven GOP lawmakers have endorsed legislation extending the benefits for an additional year, punting the issue beyond the midterm elections. Most of them are vulnerable front-liners facing tough reelection contests — and wary of the ...