Congress flails on health care
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Millions of Americans will see a big jump in prices after year's end – if a bipartisan agreement remains elusive to keep costs down.
Top Republicans have said they want to produce a proposal in short order to counter Democrats pressing for an extension of health care subsidies. They have not gotten far.
A bipartisan deal on health care remains elusive in the Senate with a key vote on Affordable Care Act tax credits set for next week. "The conversations continue," Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday.
One in four Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act are considering going without health insurance if their monthly payments double next year, a new KFF poll finds.
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Kiersten Pels, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC), told Newsweek in response to the poll that Democrats are “trying to shift blame for the failures of their own law” and the credits “were designed to expire” and passed “without a single Republican vote”.
Republicans and Democrats released a two-year plan to scale back and extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, but it faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.
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Several thousand people have already lost and are slated to lose their medical insurance due to cost-cutting measures in the D.C. budget.
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