Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington’s Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care

The Shutdown Stumbles Toward Its End

Republicans are left with a few more months of Biden-era spending levels and another health-care debate they have no idea how to win.

Cave (Wo)Men: Democratic Senators Fold in Shutdown Fight

Seven Democratic senators and one independent, none of whom will be up for reelection next year but all of whom have great health insurance, voted with almost all Republicans on Sunday night to begin the process of ending the longest government shutdown in US history. In return for folding, they received a promise that they would be given a vote on legislation that would extend the Obamacare subsidies without which the health insurance premiums …

Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington’s Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care

In the run-up to the 2020 election, all 20 Democratic presidential candidates promised voters they’d pursue bold changes to health care, such as a government-run insurance plan or expanding Medicare to cover every American. Fast-forward to the congressional stalemate that has closed the federal government for more than a month. Democrats, entrenched on one side of the legislative battle, staked their political future on merely preserving parts o…

Democratic and Republican leaders dig in on health care fight as shutdown drags on

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would not be willing to compromise on their demands to extend subsidies for the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire at the end of this year, accusing Republicans of “not acting in good faith."

Give the health care dollar back to patients – RamaOnHealthcare

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