US EditionJeffries, Democrats will offer 3-year extension of ObamaCare subsidies
- After a more than 40-day standoff, Democrats shut the federal government to secure an extension of health subsidies set to expire on Dec. 31 without Republican guarantees.
- During the record shutdown, Democratic leaders framed the fight as unified messaging on affordability and health insurance, while Progressive activists criticized the outcome as a 'cave.'
- A minibus of three appropriations bills included funding SNAP, the food assistance program, for the rest of the fiscal year and restored protections for federal workers, including reinstatements via RIFs and barring mass firings.
- As millions began seeing higher premiums for next year, Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised a Senate vote to extend subsidies by mid-December while the House made no commitment.
- Democrats believe it’s a good issue for their party and plan to use it to retake the House next year by pressuring vulnerable Republicans.
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Jeffries says the "fight is not over" on health care subsidies as shutdown nears possible end
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CBS News that Democrats will still press to extend a slate of expiring health insurance subsidies as a 43-day-long shutdown nears a potential end.
The bill has no expectations of success, as Republicans, who control both houses of Congress, have for the moment refused to extend coverage
Government shutdown set to end with no deal on Obamacare subsidies. Here’s what that means for Oregonians.
Oregonians who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, often called Obamacare, are facing the likelihood of much higher costs next year, with no clear fix in sight.
House Democrats Aim to Force Vote to Extend ACA Subsidies
J. Scott Applewhite/APHouse Democrats leaders said on Wednesday that they hope to force a vote that could extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for another three years — the first step in a fight with Republicans over the key issue that led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.House Minority Whip Katherine Clark said during Wednesday’s closed-door caucus meeting that leadership, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and caucus C…
Democrats Say They Actually Won the Shutdown Battle
Schumer Democrats say they won the shutdown battle with the federal government. They believe they secured a key demand: extending health care subsidies for millions of Americans. Actually, they only won a verbal agreement to vote on it, and they would need 60 votes. For 43 days and growing, people have worked without paychecks and […] The post Democrats Say They Actually Won the Shutdown Battle appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
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