Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs

WASHINGTON — There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the credits are in danger of expiring as Republicans and Democrats clash over how to do it. Read more...

Democrats Threaten Shutdown Over ACA Subsidies

Democrats are vowing to block a short-term government funding bill to keep the government open unless Republicans agree to extend billions of dollars in federal health insurance subsidies. "Republicans have to come to meet with us in a true bipartisan negotiation to satisfy the American people's needs on healthcare, or they won't get our votes, plain and simple," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, The Wall Street Journal reporte…

Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Democrats’ Shutdown Gambit: Obamacare Subsidies or Bust

With federal funding set to lapse on September 30, congressional Democrats have drawn a stark line in the sand, refusing to back any stopgap spending measure unless Republicans agree to pump billions back into Affordable Care Act subsidies. Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the party’s stance risks plunging the government into another disruptive shutdown, all to prop up a program conservatives…

Democrats Coalesce Around Shutdown Demand

“Top congressional Democrats have agreed on what they will demand of GOP leaders in return for voting to extend government funding this month: Any shutdown-averting deal needs to include health care provisions such as an extension of soon-to-expire insurance subsidies,” Politico reports.

Rep. Shontel Brown Warns Health Care Costs Could Skyrocket: 'We Are Talking Hundreds of Dollars More'

Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) is warning Americans that their health insurance premiums could see dramatic increases starting next year after Republicans allowed key Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits to expire in their latest budget package. In a video posted to Instagram, Brown explained that the expanded health care subsidies passed under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022—which Democrats credit for lowering ACA plan costs and expa…