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Democrats’ proposal to extend enhanced ACA subsidies fails in Senate
WASHINGTON—A Democratic effort to extend expiring healthcare subsidies drew some Republican votes but failed Thursday to advance in the Senate, and a GOP approach also failed, leaving no clear path in Congress for aiding millions of Americans facing soaring Affordable Care Act insurance costs next year.

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Senate blocks Democrats’ bill to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies
Democratic Healthcare Bill Failing in U.S. Senate
The Senate is set to vote on 2 rival health plans. Here’s what’s at stake for Americans
When the U.S. Senate votes on rival, partisan health bills on Thursday, they’ll have two chances to address expiring COVID-era subsidies that will otherwise result in millions of Americans saddled wit...

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Indiana in national spotlight after redistricting fails in Senate
The Latest: Senate rejects legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits
Alabama Hospital Association President and CEO weighs in on U.S. Senate rejection of Democratic plan to extend enhanced health care subsidies
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cut of a quarter percentage point lowered the benchmark federal funds rate to a range of 3.5%-3.75% in mid-December.

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Time running out to find a way to avoid major health care cost hikes
Obamacare costs look set to spike for millions of Americans as Senate votes fail

Michigan Senate votes to block pursuit of COVID jobless aid overpayments

Many lawmakers have reported receiving a deluge of calls from constituents about the Unemployment Insurance Agency's pursuit of overpaid jobless aid.
Opinion

COVID-19-era subsidies make Obamacare even more costly

Congress should allow the COVID-19 subsidies to end. The Affordable Care Act's underlying subsidies are already extraordinarily large.
FOX 5 DC

Senate blocks ACA subsidies extension: What this means for your health insurance

The Republican plan would have replaced the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare) subsidies with new savings accounts, while Democrats wanted to extend the enhanced ACA tax credits for three years without changes. Both lacked the bipartisan support needed to pass, and both sides blamed each other for failing to find common ground.
Miami Herald

Long COVID activists crash Senate hearing. Here’s what they’re demanding

At the Senate HELP Committee hearing, Long COVID activists demand the disease be declared a national emergency. Screengrab from Sen. Bernie Sanders' YouTube video Only 10 minutes into the hearing, activists stepped into the center of the floor, holding ...

Senate poised to reject extension of health care subsidies as costs rise for many

The Senate is poised to reject legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of Americans
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'How can you be that ignorant?': RFK Jr. takes it hard on the chin as senator grills him over his incompetence in Senate hearing

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing several weeks ago in September, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) harshly lambasted RFK Jr. over his incompetence as HHS Secretary, calling him out on his ignorance.
The Daily Signal

Senate Panel’s Probe Into COVID-19’s Origin Brings Us Closer to Truth

Robert Moffit, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Did you know that four months before the world had ever heard of COVID-19—on Sept. 3, 2019—authorities in the Veneto region of ...

CDC study says Covid shots continue to protect healthy kids from severe illness

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness.

House GOP unveils health care plan, with vote on track for next week

The Republican proposal does not include an extension to the expiring Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
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