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The Hill’s Morning Report — Cheney trounced; Murkowski advances
A Republican Party dominated by former President Trump was mostly pleased with primary results in Wyoming and Alaska last night, while President Biden, eager to slide his party’s message into today’s news coverage, said at a White House bill signing ceremony that “Democrats sided with the American people and every single Republican in the Congress sided with the special interests.”
In Wyoming, Rep. Liz Cheney (R), who k...
Obama: Climate, health care bill ‘a BFD’
Former President Obama tweeted that the Democrats' newly signed climate and health care bill “is a BFD,” making a reference to a hot mic moment President Biden had years ago.
“This is a BFD,” Obama wrote in a tweet on Tuesday, quoting his former vice president’s tweet on the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Obama made the reference to a moment in 2010 when Biden was caught on a hot mic telling Obama that signing the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as O...
The US should reform health care industry to improve life expectancy rates, study says
Story at a glance
- The Commonwealth Fund compared U.S. life expectancy data against other large middle and high-income countries.
- Mississippi and West Virginia have the lowest life expectancy in the U.S., at 74 years. California and Hawaii have the highest, at nearly 81 years.
- Even though the U.S. spends the most on health care compared to other large nations, life expectancy rates are drastically l...
Want affordable health care? Make hospitals comply with posting prices online
The Biden administration and Congress are addressing spiraling costs of health care and health insurance by extending expanded pandemic-era Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act. Yet simply transferring rising costs to taxpayers does nothing to address the underlying health care unaffordability crisis. In fact, increasing subsidies makes it easier for health insurers to further raise premiums and pad their record profits. Major insurers have already announce...
What budget reconciliation could have been and what Congress must do next
Over the past few months, Congress has checked several important legislative boxes, including new gun safety measures, an expansion of healthcare for veterans and investments in the manufacturing sector. This has culminated with the final passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the budget reconciliation bill that will make significant investments in addressing healthcare and climate change needs.
The recent productivity is notable and...
Democrats are on a dangerous path with drug pricing
The passage of Democrats’ sweeping economic package — which is designed to combat climate change, address health care costs and reduce the deficit by raising taxes on corporations — is a major win for President Biden’s agenda.
Further, Democrats’ push to pass a $35 insulin cap for non-Medicare patients was the right move both practically and politically — even though it was ultimately unsuccessful — as they forced Republicans to either side with them or to go on reco...
Talk about corporate welfare: Federal giveaways to wind, solar sectors are about to explode
The hype around the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, also known as the Manchin-Schumer bill, has been extraordinary. On Aug. 8, New York Times opinion columnist Paul Krugman published a piece headlined “Did Democrats Just Save Civilization?” in which he declared that “experts on energy and the environment are giddy over what has been accomplished” and the “world is a more hopeful place than it was just a few weeks ago.”
Five former Treasury secretaries declared that the measur...
Sunday shows preview: House sends climate, tax and health package to Biden
The Sunday talk show circuit this week will revolve around the Democratic climate, tax and health package sent from the House to President Biden’s desk.
The $740 billion package was passed by House Democrats on Friday after it narrowly passed in a party-line vote in the Senate, where Vice President Harris voted to break the tie.
To avoid a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats used budget reconciliation to approve the package with a simple majority.
The Inf...
Energy & Environment — House passes landmark climate bill
The biggest climate bill in U.S. history is headed to President Biden’s desk, plus a federal judge restores a freeze on coal leasing on public lands.
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House sends climate bill to Biden in party-line voteHouse Democrats passed their sweeping tax,...