House and Senate Democrats are pressing leadership to quickly pass legislation extending ObamaCare’s enhanced subsidies before they expire at the end of 2025.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) led a letter sent Wednesday to bipartisan leaders in both chambers urging them to act “at the next possible legislative opportunity.” It was signed by 41 Senate Democrats and 154 House Democrats.
The enhanced subsidies were first put in...
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Vance revives old GOP fights on ObamaCare insurance coverage
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sunday floated an idea that would turn back the clock on covering people with preexisting conditions, relitigating a position that was a hallmark of GOP proposals to replace ObamaCare during Donald Trump’s presidency.
In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Vance said Trump’s health plan would “promote choice” in the health system by separating sicker people into different health insurance coverag...
Vance says ‘of course’ Trump has a plan ‘to fix American health care’
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican nominee for vice president, said "of course" former President Trump has a plan to "fix American health care" in a Sunday interview and also outlined several benchmarks of a health care framework.
"He, of course, does have a plan for how to fix American health care, but a lot of it comes down Kristen to deregulating the insurance market so that people can choose a plan that actually makes sense for them," Vance told NBC News's Kristen Welk...
Trump on ObamaCare repeal: ‘I have concepts of a plan’
Former President Trump said during Tuesday night’s debate he was interested in trying to repeal ObamaCare again, but indicated he doesn’t have a plan to replace it.
“We are working on things. We’re going to do it. We’re going to replace it,” Trump said.
Trump has railed against the health care law since his first presidential campaign, when many Republicans were issuing calls to “repeal and replace” the law.
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Harris vows Biden-era health care programs will get bigger if she’s elected
Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic agenda Friday, and much of her plan involves taking the health care accomplishments made by the Biden administration further.
Speaking in North Carolina, Harris vowed that under her administration, Medicare negotiations would continue and grow to encompass all Americans, not only Medicare beneficiaries.
“Just yesterday we announced that we are lowering the price by up to 80 percent for 10 more lifesaving drugs, and I...
15 state AGs sue Biden administration over ObamaCare coverage for ‘Dreamers’
A coalition of 15 state attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over its plan to expand Affordable Care Act (ACA) health coverage to immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
The states, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R), want to stop the administration’s plan from taking effect Nov. 1.
Under the rule, active recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be eligible to enroll in a taxpayer-subsidize...
Where Kamala Harris stands on health care issues
Vice President Kamala Harris, who said she will seek the Democratic nomination after President Biden decided not to continue his reelection campaign, has previously staked out health positions to the left of President Biden.
But there isn’t expected to be much daylight between her policy priorities and President Biden’s.
Harris will be able to claim ownership of Biden’s health wins—like a $35 insulin cap, Medicare drug price negotiations and an out-of-pocket c...
JD Vance’s views on health care: What to know
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who was tapped as former President Trump's running mate Monday, has been in the Senate for less than two years but has staked out health care positions that both buck his party and toe the GOP line.
Vance is a Yale-educated venture capitalist, but rode the wave of Trump-era populism to a Senate seat. Like most Republicans, he is strongly anti-abortion, opposes gender-affirming care and wants to exclude "Dreamer" immigrants from federal health programs. ...
Health Care — Keeping ACA tax credits would be pricey
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ObamaCare preventive care mandate to stay in place after court ruling
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Christian-owned business can't be compelled to cover preventive medications as is required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but it determined a Texas judge carried out an "abuse of discretion" in his prior ruling by blocking federal agencies from enforcing the rule universally.
In a decision it characterized as a "mixed bag," the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's ruling that the secretary of the ...