Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said Sunday the Trump administration is holding “discussions” on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “There are discussions around extending the subsidies, if we deal with the fraud, waste and abuse that, right now, is paralyzing the system,”...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) leadership after the government shutdown ended with no compromise on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care subsidies. As a guest on Politico's "The Conversation" podcast with Dasha Burns, Moulton said Schumer "quit right when we actually looked like we might be...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) leadership after the government shutdown ended with no compromise on expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) health care subsidies. As a guest on Politico's "The Conversation" podcast with Dasha Burns, Moulton said Schumer "quit right when we actually looked like we might be...
Is allowing Republicans to ruin Thanksgiving for millions of American families a fair trade for Democratic control of the House? Are we willing to extend Obamacare subsidies if the price is the end of American democracy?
The longest shutdown in American history is over, but another one might be just around the bend. Democrats are fuming that the bipartisan Senate deal to reopen the government after 43 days did nothing to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies that stood as their key demand throughout the impasse. Now, with funding for large parts...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Wednesday urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to work across party lines to secure an extension for ObamaCare premium subsidies. “As Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, I write to you today to extend my hand of cooperation in our very...
House Democratic leaders introduced a discharge petition Wednesday designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies for another three years. Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democrats are hoping to entice a handful of moderate Republicans to endorse the petition, which will require 218 signatures to force a floor vote on the...
House Democratic leaders on Wednesday introduced a discharge petition designed to force consideration of legislation to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies for another three years. Behind House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the Democrats are hoping to entice a handful of moderate Republicans to endorse the petition, which will require 218 signatures to force a floor vote on...
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday will propose a three-year extension of the soon-to-expire ObamaCare subsidies at the center of the shutdown fight. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the Democratic whip, will offer the legislation as an amendment to the Senate-passed spending agreement during a meeting of the Rules Committee...