#aca-subsidies

#aca-subsidies

In the checkers board that is our government (no one here's playing chess), we have Democrats who enjoy pretending to put up a fight, only to cave at the first whiff of a breeze, and we have Republicans who will, without fail, find a way to make everything about banning abortion. The House reconvenes today, November 12, to vote on the bill to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in U.S. history. On Sunday night, seven Democrats and one Independent broke ranks to vote with Republicans on the spending bill.

A discharge petition forces a vote on any piece of legislation if it is signed by 218 House members, effectively giving the minority party the power to bypass the majority on bipartisan bills. Democrats have 214 members in the House, meaning four House Republicans would have to sign on even if they get all their members to do so. Driving the news: House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced the strategy

Democrats have held out for weeks, demanding that Republicans work with them to extend expiring ACA tax credits in exchange for funding the government. Prolonged shutdown pain ultimately won out, with moderate Democrats accepting a promise of an ACA vote despite progressives and House Democrats adamantly warning against accepting a handshake deal. Driving the news: The final tally on the procedural vote was 60-40. Eight Democrats voted "yes" with Republicans, while Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP "no" vote.

It's doubtful, however, it will be implemented. I don't see Republicans, especially in the House, going along with this. It just doesn't work for the financial controls that the House wants to have on big spending. She continued: It's just a way of him talking. Again, it's something for him to throw out there, because he knows that the issue of the expiring subsidies for the Affordable Care Act is coming and very soon and it's having a negative effect on Republicans.

What to watch: Senate appropriators are hustling to finish language on a three-part appropriations package, with text expected to be released as soon as Thursday evening, sources tell Axios. It's a key part of Republicans' latest offer to Democrats, which includes: Passing a stopgap funding continuing resolution until at least December 19th (final date TBD). Fully funding military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Agriculture Department and the legislative branch through the next fiscal year - taking programs like WIC and SNAP out of the shutdown equation. A promise of a vote on some kind of bill to extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies - the exact substance of which is still a major question mark.

I think you've been extremely eloquent in this shutdown and talking about the issue of Obamacare subsidies. I'm a Republican too. We don't agree on everything, but we both agree we have to extend these subsidies at least for a year because you just can't pull the rug out from under people who are going to see their premiums skyrocket. You talked about your own family, how you'd be impacted, but I imagine many of the 700,000 constituents you represent.

More than 82,000 people in Alameda County get their health insurance through Covered California. But when open enrollment begins on Nov. 1, they'll be facing steep rate hikes. Covered California is the state's health exchange, created by the Affordable Healthcare Act, signed into law 15 years ago by President Barack Obama. The vast majority of the 24 million Americans who get health coverage through these state exchanges receive significant premium subsidies that sunset at the end of this year.

There are some decent, honest Republicans, Sanders said. And you know, in American society, we believe in democracy. You're a conservative Republican. We disagree. So what? It's called America. We have different points of view. I gotta tell you thoughone of the things that has concerned me very, very much is that we are seeing the Republican party. Doing less of representing their districts and their states than just swearing allegiance to the President of the United States.

Chuck Schumer took so much heat in March when they passed a clean CR. And he's so worried about AOC challenging him and losing control of his Senate Democratic conference that he's trying to show. I mean, he even updated his glasses to show that he is hip and, you know, feisty now. But it's absurd. The whole thing is performative, Lawler said.

Democrats want to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that millions rely on and undo health spending cuts from President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Warnock told Morning Edition that Georgians in rural areas have expressed concerns about losing access to health care. He said a small business owner told him she decided to close her business because paying for health insurance would be too expensive without ACA subsidies. The senator told NPR's Leila Fadel that the White House should "stop acting like these are pieces on a chessboard. These are people's lives."

Republicans and Democrats have been unable to get to a funding compromise. Republicans have accused Democrats of fighting for healthcare for illegal immigrants. Democrats are pushing for Affordable Care Act subsidies to be extended, arguing current expirations could lead to massive premium increases for citizens. If Republican Senators wanted to pass the CR and reopen the government they could, by using the nuclear option to override the 60 vote rule and pass the CR with a simple majority vote.

The illegal immigrant is just a red herring that's designed to try and prevent people from talking about the real issue, which is how do we provide health insurance for people in this country, Shaheen said. You know, I say a little detail, you say red herring, but the fact is, Senator, that it exists, Jones responded. No, listen, I'm agreeing with you, she said. You're trying to make an issue where there isn't one. We agree! Illegal immigrants should not be getting access to the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

The final vote was 55-45, short of the 60 needed "yeses." Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted with Democrats against the measure, while Sens. John Fetterman (D-Penn.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Angus King (I-Maine) voted with Republicans. Zoom in: The Senate also rejected Democrats' alternative stopgap spending bill proposal, which would extend Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies and prevent President Trump from clawing back appropriated funds.

Obamacare premiums are poised to jump next year, driven by expiring federal subsidies and the highest proposed rate hikes since 2018, setting up a pocketbook shock for millions of marketplace enrollees, unless Congress intervenes. The core driver is the scheduled sunset of enhanced premium tax credits at year-end, which could lift out-of-pocket bills by roughly 75%, on average, for subsidized customers on top of insurers' underlying rate increases for 2026, according to analyses cited by both The New York Times and Fortune.

Centene's recent stock drop is closely linked to a combination of higher-than-expected medical costs amid challenging trends in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) market and anticipation of the scheduled end to enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025. While shares jumped earlier this week after Centene affirmed its guidance, which was higher than analysts' estimates, it faces an uncertain road ahead.