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
Nov 20 Watch 9:00 With ACA subsidies set to expire, experts offer views on cost, coverage and alternatives By William Brangham, Jackson Hudgins If the Affordable Care Act subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of the year, premiums would double for the average enrollee, with some paying over $1,000 more every month. The subsidies were at the heart of the recent… Continue watching
Nov 13 Democrats are wary of GOP promise to negotiate health care after end of shutdown By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The shutdown ended this week after a small group of Democrats made a deal with Republicans senators who promised a vote by mid-December on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies. But there is no guaranteed outcome, and many Republicans have made clear they… Continue reading
Nov 13 'The worst time' to be a federal employee: Workers question whether the shutdown was worth their sacrifices By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Many are left feeling that their livelihoods served as political pawns in the fight between recalcitrant lawmakers in Washington. Continue reading
Nov 10 The shutdown deal doesn't extend expiring health subsidies. What happens to them now? By Ali Swenson, Associated Press A legislative package that appears on track to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions of… Continue reading