After repeated attacks from Democrats, Donald Trump, who has often vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, said that if elected he would only improve it, without offering specifics.
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
The White House is using the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act to draw a contrast with Republicans who have sought to do away with all or parts of the law.
A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama’s drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
Speaking in New Hampshire, the president highlighted his pledges to cap insulin prices, make permanent expanded tax credits under the Affordable Care Act and limit out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.
A record 21 million people signed up for marketplace plans for 2024, drawn in part by more generous federal subsidies. But the expanded subsidies are set to expire after next year.
The Biden administration said that a record number of Americans had signed up for coverage in 2024 through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, a sign of the law’s durability.
A longtime moderate, the Democratic congressman now says he had been “convinced through propaganda” that calls for universal health care were “a nonsensical leftist notion.”
The comments from Florida’s governor on Sunday followed a similar statement by former President Donald J. Trump; Democrats have denounced their stances.