The timeline is slipping for a bipartisan group of senators to release a compromise to revive the expired enhanced ObamaCare subsidies, according to one of the lead negotiators. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) told reporters Tuesday that lawmakers are looking at a deadline of the end of January to have a legislative framework ready. Moreno had previously said lawmakers would have text of a bipartisan deal as early as this...
Preliminary numbers on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plan enrollment shows a noticeable drop when compared to last year's figures, an early indication that allowing the enhanced premium tax subsidies to expire caused people to defer signing up for health insurance. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on Monday that 22.8 million...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House revives enhanced ACA subsidies, puts pressure on Senate The House on Thursday voted to revive the enhanced ObamaCare tax credits for three years, in a rebuke of GOP leadership that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House revives enhanced ACA subsidies, puts pressure on Senate The House on Thursday voted to revive the enhanced ObamaCare tax credits for three years, in a rebuke of GOP leadership that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has launched a petition drive to extend the ObamaCare subsidies that expired on Jan. 1, and after achieving 218 signatures, the petition is now ripe for consideration on the House discharge calendar.
Senate Democrats say they have concerns about some of the parameters of an emerging plan to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies that expired Jan. 1, even as at least one of the Republican negotiators said draft legislation could come next week. One of the main sticking points for Democrats appears to be the elimination of $0 premium plans, which Republicans insist is needed to combat fraud. Under the emerging deal, according to Sen. Bernie Moreno...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she hopes to be remembered for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one of the most consequential pieces of health care legislation in American history. “How do you want to be remembered?” ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Pelosi in an interview that aired Tuesday. “Not so fast, I'm still...
The Affordable Care Act has become a government-regulated, government-funded system that has increased premiums, narrowed networks, and added to the national debt, while benefiting insurance giants, and Republicans must pursue bold legislative action to build an alternative system.
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...