US EditionSchumer to force Senate GOP to vote on three-year extension of health insurance subsidies
Democrats push a clean three-year extension of enhanced ACA tax credits to cap premiums at 8.5% of income for millions, despite GOP opposition and a need for 60 votes.
- Senate Democrats plan to force a vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years to limit premiums to 8.5% of policyholders' incomes.
- The measure needs 60 votes to pass in the Senate, requiring support from at least 13 Republicans, but it has almost no chance of winning enough Republican support.
- Republicans want restrictions on abortion coverage and reforms to address fraud in the subsidies, with some proposing health savings accounts instead of tax credits.
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The stakes in the Affordable Care Act subsidy debate
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Senate Democrats Seek 3-Year Extension of Affordable Care Act Premium Tax Credits
Senate Democrats will bring a bill to a vote next week to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits for three years, setting up a vote they say is the last chance to keep health insurance costs from jumping after Jan. 1. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on the floor on the afternoon of Dec. 4 that the measure is a “clean three-year extension of the current [Affordable Care Act] tax credits” and that every Democrat…
Senate Democrats opt for partisan vote on a 3-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies
Senate Democrats plan to use their GOP-promised health care vote next week to try to advance a clean three-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies because they say no bipartisan path is available.
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