On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on criticisms of the Affordable Care Act and Democrats for setting ACA subsidies to expire “there are a lot of challenges with
On Tuesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA) stated that the push by other Democrats in Congress to try to extend the Obamacare subsidies for three years is the cynical move since it would make the issue
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) responded to a question on criticisms of Obamacare from Democrats and whether there is room for bipartisanship on health insurance by saying that “Republicans want to
On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Chris Salcedo Show,” Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) said that health insurance companies are increasing premiums to help sagging stock prices and increase profits, but “it would blow up in our face, honestly, if we
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that without Affordable Care Act tax credits, “Health care will be unaffordable, people will be unable to go see a doctor when they need one.”
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 “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) responded to criticism that the Obamacare subsidies are helping insurance companies by saying that “fundamentally, health care is getting much more expensive, right? We need to look at, not only what
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,
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
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) stated that Democrats “didn’t get it wrong” by having a sunset provision for the Obamacare subsidies, but “The idea that we should have extended it for even longer is
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett said Thursday that government employees furloughed during the shutdown will receive paychecks by “early next week” or perhaps sooner.
On Wednesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said that it is true that Obamacare tax credits help insurance companies, but “That’s because health care is too expensive across the board,” and it’s “a dumb argument” to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) stated that “there’s a lot of disappointment as it relates to what those seven or eight Senate Democrats decided to do. I am thankful for what
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called Senate Democrats’ deal with Republicans to reopen the government “pathetic,” accusing them of betraying “working Americans” after failing to secure an extension of enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies.
During a portion of an interview with NPR aired on Monday’s broadcast of “All Things Considered,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that the Affordable Care Act subsidies that were at issue in the government shutdown are not being taken away
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
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early,” Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) said that the ACA tax credits have to be extended to end the government shutdown, but “these tax credits are not the long-term solution. We should not be
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early,” Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) argued that Democrats can’t end the government shutdown, saying, “To suggest that any other party, other than Republicans, has the ability to end this shutdown is ludicrous. And
Senate Democrats are reportedly set on continuing to drag out the government shutdown with another “no” vote on Friday, with members claiming that “people want us to fight” and that the caucus is “unified” in how they are going to do so.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that the government shutdown is “based on” Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats pulled “a bait-and-switch” on because they said, “we’re just doing this for the COVID emergency,” but
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said that when Democrats set up Obamacare subsidies to expire, they were “trying to maybe hope for the best that this country and our Republican colleagues would understand that
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that extending Obamacare subsidies isn’t additional government spending and “We’re actually extending a tax credit that currently exists.” Co-host Becky Quick asked, “You bring up
On Wednesday’s edition of CBS’s “The Takeout,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the government shutdown “may well end with Democrats saying, look, as we get to November 1, our opportunity to address this healthcare crisis has kind of passed,”
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
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Claman Countdown,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) stated that there needs to be reforms to the Obamacare tax credits at issue in the government shutdown and “there are people that maybe don’t deserve
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Claman Countdown,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) said that he doesn’t necessarily want the Obamacare tax credits at issue in the government shutdown to last forever and said that “I at least want
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) responded to Republican arguments that the subsidies at issue in the government shutdown are COVID-era subsidies and have helped the wealthy at a disproportionate rate by saying that no
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that there is an expiration date for Obamacare subsidies “because that was all that we could get. But we’ve been arguing for a renewal of those tax credits
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper pushed back on Rep. Jamie Raskin’s (D-MD) claim that the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are at issue in the government shutdown is a Republican policy by noting
Jon Stewart stays Democrats are in a position where “we’ve shut down the government to protect subsidies for an insurance marketplace that funnels $800 billion a year into the pockets of all these insurance companies.”
White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought on Friday announced that $11 billion in infrastructure and other projects would be stalled, and potentially canceled, across Democrat cities such as Boston, Baltimore, New York, and San Francisco due to the Democrat shutdown.
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 NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that while a one-year extension of ACA subsidies would help next month, “it won’t do that much. The best path forward would be to reform and extend these
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) stated that extending subsidies for one year to re-open the government is “a good starting place. But I don’t know that that’s where we end up. I think, for
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
During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that a one-year extension of healthcare subsidies to end the government shutdown is “laughable, because it’s cynical.” And “as a member of the party, we put negotiations
During a town hall with NewsNation on Wednesday, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said that he wants to extend the healthcare tax credits at issue in the government shutdown, it is worth noting that the subsidies were “designed by the Democratic
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) stated that health insurance companies are lobbying heavily for the Affordable Care Act subsidies “Because they want that free money,” and that the money from
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
