House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Monday wrote that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans “don’t give a damn” about the cost of health care and called for a “handful of Republicans” to back a clean extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) proposed legislation that would follow through on President Donald Trump’s call to directly give Americans their federal healthcare dollars and fix many of the problems with Obamacare.
The Trump White House is expected to unveil a healthcare policy framework that would lower costs and extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, according to reports.
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 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
Thursday on CNN’s “News Central,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said President Donald Trump was “determined to increase health premiums on Americans.”
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,
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) said that “universal health care across the board is the solution,” but “Democrats are not the ones bringing forward the concerns” about Obamacare. Co-host Boris Sanchez asked, “What would
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
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.
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.”
While speaking with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent and host Manu Raju on Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) defended a potential measure to reopen the government that wouldn’t have provisions on Obamacare in it by saying that “We have brought this
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
Democrats are using their government shutdown to mask the failure of Obamacare, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.
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
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is continuing to blame the Democrat government shutdown on Republicans, despite the fact that — again — Republicans offered a clean continuing resolution (CR) that Democrats have rejected a dozen times.
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.
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass), the number two ranking House Democrat, is admitting that allowing families to suffer under the shutdown is all about leverage.
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.
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) on the government shutdown said Democrats were “pandering to the far left” out of fear.
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
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,
Democrat demands to reopen the government include $3.9 million for LGBTQI+ democracy grants in the Western Balkans, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed on Tuesday on the 14th day of the Democrat government shutdown.
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.
Twenty-five years after we opened our markets to China, Beijing celebrated the anniversary by closing its own markets.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) responded to arguments that Democrats are to blame for the government shutdown by saying that “We have been saying to them since March, work with us,
