On Thursday’s broadcast of WBUR’s “Here and Now,” Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) discussed his plan to extend the Obamacare subsidies and said that there should be “income caps so we’re not subsidizing households making $500,000 a year.” He also stated
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) criticized Republicans for not extending ACA subsidies “for working families to be able to afford their health care.” And focusing on “tax breaks that disproportionately help the
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to Obamacare premiums increasing and health insurance premiums increasing even with the ACA tax credits by saying that “We have a broken healthcare system,
White House deputy chief of staff James Blair said Tuesday that President Donald Trump would love to push for healthcare reform “bigger” than Congress has the appetite for, signaling they may soon put forward a healthcare bill.
On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) criticized the health savings account proposal floated by President Donald Trump but said that “it looks like Obamacare is on life support right now.” Co-host Joe Mathieu asked,
House Ways and Means Committee Jason Smith (R-MO) has said that billions in annual Obamacare enrollment fraud leads to denied claims for patients across the country.
On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that the need to subsidize people buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace doesn’t show the system doesn’t work because
During an interview with former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that took place on Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” host Garrett Haake said that the need to subsidize health insurance is an indicator that the
House Democrats hope to force a vote on enhanced Obamacare credits after shutting down the government over the credits’ looming expiration date.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CBS’s “Late Show,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said that “when it comes to the Affordable Care Act, making health care not only accessible for everybody, but affordable by everybody, that we did not get” out of
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) argued that the need for additional subsidies doesn’t prove that the Affordable Care Act is a failure and stated that there is work to be
Sen. Bernie Sanders attacked eight Democrats’ “very, very bad vote” to start reopening the government, claiming the recent elections served as a mandate for Democrats to stand up to “Trumpism.”
The demands from Democrats in their counterproposal show that the government shutdown was never about healthcare, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.
Former President Barack Obama (D) lauded former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (N-CA) on Thursday after she announced her retirement following almost four decades in Congress.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) told Breitbart News that Republican proposals would have lowered health insurance premiums by nearly double compared to the Biden-era enhanced Obamacare credits.
While many focus on the tax and border provisions in President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, there are some big reforms to healthcare tucked inside the bill.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher defended Obamacare and responded to criticism from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that, under the law, “American taxpayers were even having to pay for illegal aliens’ health insurance,” by stating
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) responded to criticism of Obamacare by President Donald Trump by saying that “I’m glad he’s waking up to the problems. I wish it had happened on January 20. I
Expiring Biden-era enhanced Obamacare credits minimally impacted total 2026 premiums, countering a Democrat narrative that the expiration of these credits is responsible for health insurance price increases.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) responded to a question on the rise in Obamacare premiums increasing separate from the expiration of premium subsidies by saying Republicans shut down the government and “we aren’t going
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that the large spike in Affordable Care Act premiums is partially because “the Affordable Care Act is the insurance of last resort and the pool of people who are
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether Obamacare or the entire system don’t work if they need massive subsidies to be affordable by saying that “we believe
The cost of a family health insurance plan has reached roughly $27,000 as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have decried the high cost of health insurance.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) said that Democrats’ pandemic-era policies subsidize wealthy Americans and fill the coffers of big insurances companies, while Republican healthcare reforms included in the Big Beautiful Bill lower prices.
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) argued that the need for tax credits in order to keep health insurance premiums from going through the roof doesn’t show that Obamacare is a failure because it hasn’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) discussed the government shutdown and said that Republicans aren’t allowing “the tax credits that come along with the Affordable Care Act that [make] it affordable” among other issues. Clyburn
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that the expiration of ACA subsidies that Democrats passed, coupled with the Affordable Care Act Democrats passed doesn’t mean there’s a healthcare crisis of the Democratic Party’s making
Dozens of Democrats running for U.S. House seats in 2026 have declined to commit to supporting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for party leader, signaling growing unease within the Democratic ranks as the party faces internal divisions over ideology and leadership.
During a town hall on NewsNation on Wednesday, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) responded to a question on why, if Obamacare was such a good law, Democrats need to subsidize it by saying that people will lose health care or face
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that ending the government shutdown requires a vote to move forward on reversing “cuts to the Affordable Care Act that make it unaffordable, that are, right now,
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday said that health care needs “real reform” if Congress were to renew the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year.
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) stated that we “need” healthcare “subsidies right now.” But extending them for a year as part of a deal to re-open the government is “not acceptable to us.” Co-host
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that he doesn’t regret Democrats putting an expiration date on the healthcare subsidies they passed because “We were able to extend it through the end of
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) stated that when Democrats voted for the increased healthcare tax credits, there was a sunset and they knew they would expire, but the reconciliation bill passed
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was seen having a meltdown after being confronted on why he rejected a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, subsidies.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) rejected a one-year extension of Obamacare subsidies, which Breitbart News has reported that Democrats essentially shut down the government over. The Hill reported that while Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) is advocating for legislation that
Democrats have shut down the government over enhanced Obamacare subsidies that only make health care more expensive.
Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies, said that Democrats are essentially shutting down the government over “Obamacare subsidies for the wealthy.”
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) discussed healthcare subsidies and a government shutdown and stated that he would be willing to accept a deal to avoid a shutdown now and then debate healthcare subsidies and that
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) discussed avoiding a government shutdown and said that “The president said he doesn’t want to fund the health care for folks that are here illegally. Great, put that in the bill.
