The issue has caused a rift among Republicans, with healthcare set to be a campaign issue in next year's midterm elections.
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Obamacare costs look set to spike for millions of Americans as Senate rejects duelling bills
The issue has caused a rift among Republicans, with healthcare set to be a campaign issue in next year's midterm elections.
4 GOP senators break ranks to vote for Democratic extension of ObamaCare subsidies
Four Republican senators, including two vulnerable incumbents who are up for reelection next year, broke ranks Thursday and voted for a three-year extension of enhanced health insurance premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) all voted for the Democratic proposal,...
Senate GOP health care plan fails on mostly party-line vote
LIVE coverage: Senate votes on second health care proposal, defense funding A Republican-drafted proposal to set up health savings accounts for people who buy their health insurance on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace failed to advance on a largely party-line vote on Thursday, leaving Congress no closer to addressing the substantial rise in health care premiums...
Anti-abortion group warns GOP on push to force ObamaCare subsidies vote
The anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America warned House lawmakers Wednesday it would negatively score those who sign a discharge petition to trigger a vote on legislation extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premiums tax credits, as it would include coverage for abortion services. The group made the announcement in a letter to lawmakers...
Watch live: Senate set to vote on competing health care plans, NDAA
The Senate on Thursday will take up competing health care bills as Affordable Care Act subsidies, which took over headlines during the record-long government shutdown, are set to expire in weeks. GOP leaders are faced with a political dilemma: Either extend the subsidies and endorse ObamaCare, which Republicans have long opposed, or let the subsidies...
Senate Deadlocks Over Obamacare Subsidies in Dueling Votes
Republicans blocked Democrats’ effort to extend the expiring subsidies while Democrats thwarted a G.O.P. proposal to replace them with direct payments for basic health coverage.
Live updates: Senate shoots down dueling health care plans; Indiana redistricting vote fails
The Senate on Thursday failed to advance competing health care plans, as enhanced ObamaCare tax subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year. Both proposals failed largely along party lines, with four Republicans voting for the Democratic proposal, which sought to extend the subsides for three more years. The GOP plan would...
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen warns millions could lose coverage as ACA votes near defeat
With ACA tax credits set to expire, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says premiums are "doubling, tripling" and warns "millions" could lose coverage if Congress fails to act.
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Senate rejects dual healthcare bills as Obamacare tax credits expiration nears
Votes came as premium tax credits for estimated 21.8 million enrollees of plans set to expire at end of month
The US Senate on Thursday rejected competing proposals to address the imminent expiration of subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans, greatly increasing the chances that healthcare costs will soon rise to unaffordable levels for millions of Americans.
The votes, part of a deal brokered between Republican majority leader John Thune and the Democratic senators who agreed to reopen the government after a historically long shutdown last month, came as premium tax credits for an estimated 21.8 million enrollees of the plans are set to expire at the end of the month. Health policy research group KFF estimates that annual premiums will more than double if the subsidies are allowed to expire.
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