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Republicans again find themselves in an Obamacare pickle

GOP lawmakers are talking about pursuing a health policy overhaul — but leaders are warning not to revisit a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Read More

Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care

The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo. Read More

SC residents face rising health insurance rates as shutdown impacts subsidies

(WPDE) — The Affordable Care Act (ACA), a government program that more than 600,000 South Carolinians rely on for health insurance, is facing rising rates that may cause a huge chunk of people across ... Read More

Democrats have upper hand in shutdown because Republican voters like Obamacare | Opinion

If you’re sensing that some rank-and-file Republicans in Congress are getting nervous about their leaders refusing to negotiate with Democrats to reopen our federal government, anxiety about a looming ... Read More

Who will get hit hardest by expiring ACA health insurance subsidies?

The fight over enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplace drags on in Congress as crucial deadlines draw near and certain groups stand to be hit the hardest ... Read More

Thune says Republicans open to conversations about Obamacare – but not tied to stopgap funding bill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he is open to discussing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies – a priority of Democrats’ – but insisted that those negotiations cannot be tied to a ... Read More

G.O.P. to Gen Z: Pay Double for Health Insurance or Go Without

If Democrats don’t win the shutdown fight, millions of young Americans may lose coverage because of higher prices. Read More

What Republicans could offer Democrats on health care after the shutdown

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the White House are quietly mulling proposals that could unite members on Obamacare subsidies. Read More

Health insurance costs for 22 million in limbo as shutdown begins

But insurance experts agree: If Republicans have their way, millions of people who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act ... director of the Program on the ACA, said if the tax credits ... Read More

Democrats find unlikely ally in MTG on Obamacare issue in shutdown fight

Marjorie Taylor Greene broke ranks with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has insisted Democrats must rubber stamp a GOP stopgap spending measure before they agree to any talks on health ... Read More

The GOP cut parts of Obamacare. Now it’s at the center of a funding fight.

Democrats are asking for restored health care subsidies and funding in exchange for their support, but Republicans are daring them to risk a shutdown over the issue. Little noticed in the Republican ... Read More

A majority of Trump supporters back extending Obamacare subsidies, poll finds

Most of President Donald Trump’s supporters back keeping enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans, the central obstacle in ending the government shutdown, according to a new poll from the ... Read More