Dec 16 Watch 8:32 GOP Sen. Cassidy on addressing rising health care costs and expiring subsidies By Geoff Bennett, Kyle Midura Sen. Bill Cassidy is a key player in the Capitol Hill debate on health care subsidies, and he's also a physician. The Louisiana Republican joined Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest. Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 6:43 Senate rejects plans to address sharp rise in health care premiums By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz The U.S. Senate failed to pass two dueling pieces of health care legislation Thursday, leaving Affordable Care Act tax credits all but certain to expire at the end of the year. As lawmakers prepare for year-end recess with no agreement… Continue watching
Dec 11 WATCH: Senate rejects both bills on ACA subsidies, all but ensuring premium hike in 2026 By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end to a monthslong effort by Democrats to prevent the COVID-19-era subsidies from… Continue reading
Dec 10 Republicans are torn over health care. Here's what we know By Lisa Desjardins In about 22 days, a large portion of government health care subsidies expire, affecting the cost and availability of insurance for no less than millions of people. And yet, Congress is set to leave Washington in two weeks. Continue reading
Dec 10 WATCH: Senate meets ahead of dueling health care proposal votes, each likely to fail By Mary Clare Jalonick, Ali Swenson, Associated Press Both the Republican plan, which would replace the subsidies with new savings accounts, and a Democratic bill to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years lack the bipartisan support needed for passage. Continue reading
Dec 08 Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire By Marc Levy, Kevin Freking, Associated Press For a critical sliver of the Republican majority, the impending expiration of what are called enhanced premium tax credits after Dec. 31 is a pressing concern as they potentially face headwinds in a 2026 midterm election. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: House convenes as Congress grapples with what to do about ACA subsidies By Ali Swenson, Linley Sanders, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press The enhanced premium tax credits set to expire at the end of this year have been at the center of recent tensions in Congress, with Democrats calling for a straight extension and several Republican lawmakers vehemently opposed to the idea. Continue reading
Nov 26 Health care proposal floated by White House runs into familiar GOP divisions By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press It's a familiar struggle for Republicans, who have been trying to scrap or overhaul the federal health care law for the past 15 years. Continue reading
Nov 24 White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies as Trump pledges health care fix By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press The White House stresses that no plan is final until President Donald Trump announces it. Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch 4:54 How Americans covered through ACA exchanges are navigating the spike in premiums By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas We’re weeks away from 20 million Americans seeing a massive spike in their healthcare premiums. That’s if no deal can be struck to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. We heard from some of those being affected. Continue watching