‘Tim Tebow Laws’ Continue to Spread Across States
Wyoming lawmakers have advanced a significant expansion of “Tim Tebow” legislation, moving to grant homeschooled students of all ages full access to public school sports and extracurricular activities. The Senate Education Committee voted 4-0 on Wednesday to advance House Bill 23, which mandates that school districts allow students not enrolled in the district to participate […]
Trump Attacks ACA Again in State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump delivered a record-breaking State of the Union address on Tuesday night, clocking in at 108 minutes, but touched on healthcare issues for only five of them. Healthcare has been a major political issue in recent months, with conflict between lawmakers over the ACA tax credits and a range of other issues, but […]
Senate Healthcare Talks Collapse, Back To Square One – Trump Readies Own Proposal
The U.S. Senate returned to square one on national healthcare legislation Thursday after both competing proposals aimed at addressing a huge spike in insurance costs failed to secure the necessary votes, leaving millions of Americans facing a virtual certainty that enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits will lapse at the end of the year. […]
Moderate Republicans Launch Revolt Against Leaders Over ObamaCare Subsidies
A faction of moderate and under-pressure Republicans in the House of Representatives has launched a “long-shot revolt” against their own leadership, attempting to force a vote to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies that GOP leaders oppose bringing up for a vote, The Hill reports. The moderates warn that allowing the subsidies to expire will lead to […]
Senate set to vote on GOP and Democrat health plans
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican proposal aimed at replacing expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance subsidies. The decision came after Thune faced intense pressure from within his conference to advance a GOP alternative alongside the scheduled Democratic vote on extending the […]
Senate conservatives take stand, seek to limit ACA abortion coverage
Senate conservatives are taking a firm stand, demanding that any extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding must include significantly stricter limitations on abortion coverage within insurance plans. A group of Republican leaders who insist that taxpayer dollars should never be used to fund abortions, want to leverage the current dispute over COVID-era subsidies to […]
Senate conservatives take stand, seek to limit ACA abortion coverage
Senate conservatives are taking a firm stand, demanding that any extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding must include significantly stricter limitations on abortion coverage within insurance plans. A group of Republican leaders who insist that taxpayer dollars should never be used to fund abortions, want to leverage the current dispute over COVID-era subsidies to […]
House Republicans Float Legislation In Line With Trump’s Health Demands
Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are sharing a proposed law that would imitate President Donald Trump’s suggestion to reroute health insurance financial aid straight to individuals, according to Politico. The move increases the likelihood that the GOP doubles down on Trump’s stance that rather than have COVID-era Obamacare subsidies extended, helping to […]
Obamacare Concerns Prompt Republicans To Push For Reform
The standoff in Washington over extending temporary, COVID-era subsidies has brought the structural failings of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) back to the forefront, leading some Republicans to conclude that the moment is ripe to push for serious, structural health care reform. While congressional Republicans are generally united in resisting the Democratic effort to use […]
Big majority of Americans want a change of healthcare system
A new opinion poll reveals that a vast majority of voters find U.S. health care unaffordable and are highly receptive to changing the current system, reports The Hill. The national survey, led by the nonpartisan research firm PerryUndem and sponsored by the nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt, found that 69 percent of voters believe that […]