A small group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by moderate House Republicans, on Tuesday launched another effort to extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as lawmakers try to find a combination of ideas that could break the current impasse. The latest plan is led by swing-district Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), along with GOP Reps. Don Bacon (Neb.), Rob...
The Senate is set to vote later this week on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies that Republicans oppose. The G.O.P. has yet to coalesce around an alternative.
Separate Senate Republican contingents are floating competing proposals on health care, as the party struggles to unify behind a plan to stop looming premium hikes. GOP leaders are faced with a political dilemma: Either they extend the subsidies and endorse ObamaCare, which Republicans have long opposed, or they let the subsidies expire ahead of next...
The fierce fight over health care costs hits a crucial juncture this week, with a series of major developments that could make or break the future of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies. For months, GOP leaders have been squeezed between centrist Republicans clamoring to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, which expire at year’s end,...
A majority of Americans want Congress to extend subsidies on ObamaCare set to expire at the end of the year, according to a survey from the health nonprofit KFF released Thursday. Of those enrolled in ObamaCare marketplace plans, KFF found that 84 percent want Congress to extend the credits. These subsidies allow Affordable Care Act...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) predicted Sunday that the Senate will hold a vote on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year. “That vote will happen. And whether it will pass is in the hands of Donald Trump and the Republicans,” Klobuchar told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”...
President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former President Obama, Republicans have hammered the law as a government takeover of the nation’s health care system that’s eroded patient liberties and undermined the quality...
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...
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...