I want to bring in Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican from Pennsylvania, and Congressman Tom Squisy, Democrat from New York. They co-chair the Problem Solvers Caucus. Earlier this week, they introduced the bipartisan healthc care insurance affordability act.Good morning, uh, to both of you. Uh, this is one of the few things at least you guys agree on. The question is whether anybody else does.>> Yeah, we got to get people to pay attention. This is a very serious issue. It's affecting a lot of peopl ...

Democrats would like to see an end to this shutdown and we want to respect Leader Thun's desire not to negotiate on ACA until after the government reopens. Therefore, we'd like to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government and extend the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously and then have the opportunity to start negotiating longerterm solutions to health care costs. Let's do all three.I've spoken with my caucus and Democrats are offering a very simple compromise. Democrats are ready to clear ...

Government Shutdown & Healthcare Affordability - The document addresses the need to reopen the government and simultaneously extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits [2] - Democrats propose a compromise to pass a government funding bill that includes healthcare affordability measures [3] - The proposal involves a one-year extension of the ACA tax credits [3][6] - A bipartisan committee could be created to negotiate reforms to the ACA tax credits after the government reopens [4] Negotiation & Compromise - Republicans are requested to agree to extend current law for one year [6] - Republicans want to avoid ACA negotiations until after the government reopens [2] - The proposed extension of current law could be implemented quickly [6] - The document frames the proposal as a reasonable offer to reopen the government and address healthcare affordability [7]