More Americans approve of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) than at any point since it took effect more than a decade ago, according to a new Gallup survey. In the survey, released Monday, 57 percent of respondents approve, and 35 percent of respondents disapprove of the landmark legislation, which, the survey notes, was “signed into...
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,...
After 43 days of a government shutdown, eight Democratic senators crossed the aisle and voted in favor of a Republican bill to extend the enhanced tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, which are set to expire on Dec. 31, 2025, while the core issue of expensive health insurance and care remains unaddressed.
Frustration is mounting among moderate House Republicans as various competing health care plans appear to be going nowhere, with less than 10 working days left on the calendar before millions of Americans see their health insurance premiums spike. A small but animated group of GOP centrists is imploring party leaders to extend the ObamaCare tax...
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...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Bipartisan Obamacare deal remains out-of-reach in Senate hearing The clock is ticking on Congress to extend expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies. Senators in both parties Wednesday acknowledged the need for a bipartisan deal; it just doesn’t seem like they...
House Democratic leaders will give remarks Tuesday morning as the Trump administration is facing heat over strikes the Defense Department ordered on vessels in the Caribbean allegedly carrying narcotics. Democrats, after reporting surfaced about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's role in the strikes, accused the administration of possible war crimes. The Washington Post reported last week...
Republican demands for stronger anti-abortion provisions as part of any extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies are not only a sticking point to a bipartisan deal: They complicate any alternative GOP health care agenda. The fight is a key test for anti-abortion activists who have been vocally frustrated at the Trump administration’s lack of action on...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is pressing centrist Republicans to help Democrats extend ObamaCare tax credits before they expire at the end of the month. Jeffries has offered a discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of those subsidies even in the face of opposition from the GOP leaders who control the House...