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Public Health & Policy > Washington Watch — Costs are set to rise for millions of Americans by  December 11, 2025 • 4 min read The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise…

Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he understands the “dilemma” facing House Republicans who have launched or joined discharge petitions that would force a vote to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies. But he gave no indication he would change his current course of letting the tax credits expire...Read More

Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend ACA subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts.Read More

The Senate rejected dueling health care bills Thursday, all but guaranteeing that Obamacare subsidies used by more than 20 million Americans will lapse at the end of the year. Senators voted 51-48 on advancing a GOP health care plan that would have expanded health savings accounts as an alternative to…

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled Senate voted Thursday to reject health care bills offered by each party, as the U.S. barrels toward a cliff with steep premium hikes for millions of Americans set to hit next month. The failed votes raise the likelihood that enhanced Obamacare subsidies passed in 2021 will…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Democrats banded together to kill Republicans’ plan to replace expiring Obamacare subsidies on Thursday, knocking the first of two proposals down for the count. Senate Republicans’ plan from Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, the chairs of the Senate…

House Republicans just showed how divided they are over health care. Thursday's Senate votes could expose the party’s strife even further. Senate Republicans know both parties’ health care proposals are doomed Thursday. But as Democrats prepare to unite behind a three-year extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies...Read More

On Obamacare, Trump Already Showed Republicans the WayRead More

It’s not clear if House Democrats will coalesce behind the bipartisan two-year subsidy extension proposed by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Jared Golden...Read More

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