Nearly one million additional Americans will have access to ObamaCare subsidies next year under a final rule issued Tuesday by the Biden administration.
The rule fixes the so-called "family glitch," a loophole in the health law that prevents family members from receiving ObamaCare subsidies if a household member has access to an affordable employer-sponsored health plan.
An employer-sponsored plan is considered “affordable” if it costs the employee about 9.5 pe...
Biden finalizes plan to open up Obamacare subsidies to more families
More families will be able to access Affordable Care Act subsidies next year, under a final rule issued by the Biden administration. The announcement comes less than a month before the start of open enrollment for 2023 coverage on the Obamacare exchanges.
Biden finalizes plan to open up Obamacare subsidies to more families
More families will be able to access Affordable Care Act subsidies next year, under a final rule issued by the Biden administration. The announcement comes less than a month before the start of open enrollment for 2023 coverage on the Obamacare exchanges.
GOP seizes on Biden gaffes to attack competence
Republicans are seizing on recent gaffes from President Biden, putting a spotlight on his slip-ups to attack Biden’s competency ahead of both the midterms and a 2024 presidential race.
The GOP in particular is using a moment last week when Biden asked whether a congresswoman who died in August was in attendance at the event where he was speaking.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) included the gaffe in a list of their top Democrat fails from last week, criticizi...
GOP seizes on Biden gaffes to attack competence
Republicans are seizing on recent gaffes from President Biden, putting a spotlight on his slip-ups to attack Biden’s competency ahead of both the midterms and a 2024 presidential race.
The GOP in particular is using a moment last week when Biden asked whether a congresswoman who died in August was in attendance at the event where he was speaking.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) included the gaffe in a list of their top Democrat fails from last week, criticizi...
Quietly, the Biden presidency has been hugely consequential
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Health Care — Planned Parenthood launches mobile abortion clinic
In a year of sports scandals, one involving competitive fishing may actually result in jail time. And it gave us the all-time exclamation: “We got weights in fish!”
In health news, Planned Parenthood is launching a mobile clinic in Illinois to bring abortion care to red state borders. An affiliated group is also out with a new ad targeting one vulnerable senator.
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LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus asks HHS to bolster protections for transgender health care
Story at a glance
- Members of Congress on Monday voiced their support for proposed changes to a section of the Affordable Care Act that would strengthen protections for transgender people seeking gender-affirming health care.
- The proposed changes, announced by the Health Department in July, would broaden the definition of sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
- More than 30 percent...
Republicans abandon efforts to repeal Obamacare
Republicans are abandoning efforts to campaign on repealing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. NBC's Sahil Kapur reports on the decision not to pursue the issue.
Kevin McCarthy’s 2022 campaign agenda is all hat and no cattle
In September, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) issued “Commitment to America,” his 2022 campaign agenda. Predictably, the document blasts Democrats for having “no plan to fix all the problems they created.” McCarthy’s “Commitment to America,” however, fails to present its own plans to address those problems, relying instead on the Republican playbook of omission, distortion, and distraction.
On foreign policy, McCarthy cites “mistakes” by the Biden administratio...