GOP, Senate and Affordable Care Act
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House Republicans released text of a healthcare plan that they hope to vote for next week.
Speaker Mike Johnson is in a last-minute sprint to develop a Republican alternative, as his party refuses to extend tax subsidies for those who buy policies through the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, which are expiring at the end of the year. Those subsidies help lower the cost of coverage.
Both plans will likely fail in the Senate later this week.
House Republicans unveiled a narrow health care package on Friday that does not extend soon-to-expire enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies — the latest sign that Congress is unlikely to avert skyrocketing insurance premiums for millions of Americans in the new year.
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House GOP releases buffet-style healthcare proposal as leadership looks to unite conference
House Republican leadership revealed its plan for next week on Friday evening, which tackles healthcare and insurance costs, borrowing heavily from previously written bills. The Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act takes on a buffet-style approach,
The House Republicans offered a 100-plus page package that focuses on long-sought GOP proposals.
“When a family is in crisis, they shouldn’t have to worry about how it will be paid for,” said Jessica Wilson (Cruz), CEO of National Alliance on Mental Illness of California, who also attended the press conference. Wilson said without the tax credits, families will feel the “ripple effects” of losing out on lifesaving care.
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A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums
Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party.
The Senate has rejected two partisan health bills on expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the