It's day 26 of the government shutdown, which is the second longest in US history, and it all hinges on whether lawmakers can reach an agreement on health care subsidies. Now, Democrats want a bill that extends tax credits for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Right now, Republicans are refusing to extend those credits, which will expire at the end of the year.And if those subsidies do expire, and because President Trump already made cuts to Medicaid earlier this year, insurance premiums will ...

You think Obamacare is deeply flawed. So, let me ask you, Republicans control the White House, the House, and the Senate. You've had control for nine months now.If Obamacare is so bad, why hasn't the president introduced an alternative plan yet. He's had nine months. >> Well, there were introdued ideas introduced to address some of the shortcomings of the ACA, but it could not get through uh the reconciliation process.It was pulled out for a variety of different reasons, and so it never made it to the final ...

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It's day 23. And I'm curious sort of what has changed between day one, the start of this shutdown and today in terms of the conversation and how you're feeling about where things are. Well, as Democrats, we continue to make clear to our Republican colleagues that we will sit down with them any time, any place in order to reopen the government, to negotiate a bipartisan agreement that actually makes life better for the American people in terms of spending and funding.But we also have to decisively address th ...

We have volumes of ideas that we literally have published to bring down the cost of health care and stop the madness. Um, we have to build consensus around those to get it done. But I'll give you a quick example.In the big beautiful bill, in the working families tax cut that we passed and got signed into law July 4th, we included in the House version of that bill the cost sharing reductions model. It would have brought premiums down 12% uh for the average uh uh uh American and it would have saved taxpayers ...

Well, joining me now is the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr.. Medmmetz. Dr.. Oz, thank you so much for joining me. Really appreciate it. >> Honor to be with you, Kristen. Thank you for having me. >> Well, it's wonderful to have you here, Dr.. Oz. I want to start off by asking you about open enrollment for the Obamacare marketplace. These subsidies, open enrollment, of course, begins November 1st. It's already underway for Medicare recipients. I want to ask you if the ACA ...

Join us now, House Minority Leader, Democratic Congressman Hakee Jeff of New York. Leader Jeff, thanks for being here with us this morning. Now in our third week of this government shutdown, one that I think most Americans and certainly many people who stopped getting their paychecks last week want to see come to an end as soon as possible.Republicans say again and again, it is it is Democrats that are holding up this deal. How do you respond. Well, we want to see the government shutdown come to an end as w ...

Impact of Funding Cuts - NIH funding cuts do not directly impact the company's current business [1] - NIH funding cuts will require others to offset research and innovation progress [2] Healthcare Economics & Rare Diseases - Rare diseases have a trillion dollar economic impact in the United States [3] - A significant portion of the economic impact of rare diseases is due to lack of diagnosis, leading to treatment of symptoms and hospitalizations [3] - Early diagnosis of diseases can save the healthcare system significant dollars [4] - The company delivers better clinical outcomes and saves the healthcare system money [2]

Government Shutdown & Healthcare - The government shutdown is impacting constituents with increased health insurance premium rates, potentially doubling if Republicans don't act [1] - Restarted student loan payments and rising grocery/utility prices exacerbate the financial strain on Americans during the shutdown [1] - Republicans' healthcare "fix" involves slashing Medicaid by $1 trillion, impacting 15 million Americans and leading to rural hospital closures [7] - The speaker of the House is accused of delaying government operations and healthcare fixes due to external influence [13] Political Disputes & Accusations - Republicans are accused of prioritizing fundraising with wealthy donors over governing and addressing the needs of the American people [1] - The speaker of the House is accused of spreading lies and prioritizing political maneuvering over governing [9][10] - The speaker of the House is criticized for refusing to swear in a newly elected member, allegedly to avoid releasing certain files [9] - Republicans are accused of breaking their word on appropriations bills and undermining Congressional authority [11][12] Affordable Care Act (ACA) & Subsidies - Concerns are raised about the expiration of ACA subsidies, with potential negative impacts on constituents [1][6] - The speaker of the House claims the ACA subsidy issue doesn't expire until the end of December and blames Democrats for the expiration date [4] - Public opinion, including Republicans and MAGA voters, supports maintaining ACA subsidies [6]

House Minority Leader Hakee Jeff of the great state of New York. Leader Jeff, um, thank you for coming to the weekend. Um, so votes have been cancelled for Tuesday through Friday.Speaker Johnson is not bringing the House back to order, not having Republicans come back to town. Is he making a tactical mistake by keeping Republicans out of the House. Wouldn't it put pressure on you and the Democratic caucus if they were in Washington and putting the screws to you guys to come to the table uh and either negoti ...