Republicans are rushing to deliver an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) enhanced subsidies ahead of a self-imposed mid-December deadline. President Trump wants to send ACA subsidy money directly to consumers, and Republicans are trying to find a way to make that happen. Republicans spent weeks during the government shutdown refusing to...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday dismissed President Trump’s latest statement on health care reform as “unhinged ramblings” that will “no nothing to lower” costs. “Donald Trump’s unhinged ramblings shows he still has no idea how anything actually works. His ‘plan’ makes no sense,” Schumer said in a statement responding to Trump’s plan...
Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Sunday pitched why their bipartisan Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies extension proposal is necessary before the end-of-year expiration date. Their plan, formed with lawmakers from both parties, would extend the current subsidies for the next two years and place an income cap on those making between...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday said he believes it was a mistake for Democrats to reopen the government without including any extensions of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire in January and cause sharp increases in health care premiums. "I thought it was a mistake for Democrats to give up what was...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday that the Trump administration is “willing to look at all options” regarding the impending expiration of subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The president's willing to look at all options,” Oz told host Dana Bash on CNN’s...
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday the Trump administration is holding “discussions” on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,”...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) leadership after the government shutdown ended with no compromise on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care subsidies. As a guest on Politico's "The Conversation" podcast with Dasha Burns, Moulton said Schumer "quit right when we actually looked like we might be...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) leadership after the government shutdown ended with no compromise on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care subsidies. As a guest on Politico's "The Conversation" podcast with Dasha Burns, Moulton said Schumer "quit right when we actually looked like we might be...
Is allowing Republicans to ruin Thanksgiving for millions of American families a fair trade for Democratic control of the House? Are we willing to extend Obamacare subsidies if the price is the end of American democracy?
The longest shutdown in American history is over, but another one might be just around the bend. Democrats are fuming that the bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the government after 43 days did nothing to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies that stood as their key demand throughout the impasse. Now, with funding for large parts...