Talks to revive enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that expired at the end of last year appeared to be fizzling out Tuesday, with Democrats expressing little optimism about a proposal from Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) that he described as the “best and final” offer his party would make. Lawmakers had been negotiating over a proposal from...
More than 10 years after its delivery, warnings from Donald Trump’s June 2015 presidential candidacy announcement continue to resonate. He decried the high cost of the Affordable Care Act medical insurance subsidies. He sounded a warning about the federal debt, then at $18 trillion, calling $24 trillion in debt the point of no return. About...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story ACA enrollment dropped by over 1M following expiration of subsidies The final impact of the expired Affordable Care Act enhanced premium subsidies is becoming clearer as figures show that enrollment dropped by more than 1 million for 2026. ...
Republicans have repeatedly failed to successfully field an alternative to ObamaCare, but their new "Great Healthcare Plan" released in January offers some promising ideas, such as price transparency and redirecting subsidies to health savings accounts, while also including some misguided ideas like government price controls.
Leaders We Deserve, the political group co-founded by former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg, announced on Monday that it’s backing Democratic candidate Patrick Roath, who’s challenging incumbent Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) in Massachusetts’ 8th congressional district. “When my dad was sick with Parkinson's, the Affordable Care Act took care of him and kept my family out of debt. I’m beyond proud to endorse...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is coming under increasing pressure from Senate Republican colleagues to bring health care legislation to the Senate floor amid fears of a Democratic wave in November. Conservatives are pushing the GOP to move a package similar to President Trump’s new health care reform proposal through the budget reconciliation process,...
The House Ways and Means Committee will hear testimony Thursday afternoon from a group of health insurance CEOs as premiums skyrocket following the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. Among the list of witnesses are UnitedHealth Group’s Stephen Hemsley, CVS Health's David Joyner, Elevance Health's Gail Boudreaux, Cigna Group’s David Cordani, Ascendiun's Paul Markovich, and...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hear testimony from health insurance executives Thursday morning as premiums skyrocket following the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. The tax credits — which helped keep insurance costs low for struggling Americans — were at the heart of the record 43-day lapse in government funding last year....
UnitedHealth Group (UHG), the largest national health care provider in the U.S., is planning to return profits it makes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace to consumers in 2026. CEO and Chair Stephen Hemsley is expected to announce the idea when he appears before a House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Thursday,...