Congressional lawmakers left Washington last week with no solution on the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, meaning insurance premiums for 22 million Americans will jump next month extra astronomically. New uh piece in the Washington Post takes a look at how that spike will affect one family who will have to pay an annual premium of $43,000, onethird of their gross income in order to continue health coverage for a family of four. Joining us now, the author of that piece, staff writer at the Washington ...

whole lot of drama in that building to end the year and a lot of it over health care, specifically these expiring affordable care act subsidies that as of now look like they're going to lapse. That means a spike in health care premiums for millions of Americans and an assurance that this issue is going to remain top of mind not just for voters but also for lawmakers heading into next year. Let me just talk to you about what happened the other day because it was wild.Four Republicans from pretty vulnerable d ...

Welcome back. We want to turn now to breaking news here in Washington as Republican leadership is facing a result from moderates in the House. It is it is now all but certain that millions of Americans will see their health insurance premiums skyrocket in the new year.Next hour, the House is set to vote on a narrow healthc care reform bill that was cobbled together by Republican leadership. It does not include an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies and it has no viable path to pass the Senate. Mo ...

Our health care subsidies for millions of Americans are all but certain to expire at the end of this year after House Speaker Mike Johnson said yesterday there would be no vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits this week. A lastditch effort by moderate Republicans to put an extension on the floor for a vote failed last night after the House Rules Committee blocked several of the amendments they were hoping to attach to a Republican health care plan released last week. Instead, today the House ...

Okamus resident Diane Holland lives with multiple sclerosis and was able to obtain health insurance through the Affordable Care Act in 2017. >> It's a lifeline. It it saves um me from deterioration with MS.Without it, I can get the drug treatments which are expensive. Her premiums are now set to more than double as a result of the ACA enhanced subsidies expiring at the end of this year. How does that change your life year budget.>> It just means that I personally have less money to live by because it doesn' ...

New signs Affordable Care Act subsidies might be extended before expiring on December 31st. Next week, House Republican leaders plan a floor vote to extend the tax credits following a last stitch effort by moderates who've been on record supporting an extension. On Thursday, the Senate rejected extending the tax cuts, guaranteeing millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs in January.And joining me now is Washington Post economic policy correspondent Riley Began. Welcome, Riley. So, House Republic ...

Core Points - The deadline for enrolling or renewing coverage in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance plan is December 15, with a potential premium increase looming if subsidies are not renewed [2][4] - If subsidies expire, the average health insurance premium for the 24 million ACA enrollees could rise from $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026, more than doubling [2][7] - An estimated 2.2 million people may lose their insurance entirely if the subsidies are not extended [3] Economic Implications - Rising health care costs are a significant burden for households already facing increased cost-of-living pressures since the pandemic, reducing consumer spending power [4] - Without a resolution by December 15, individuals seeking ACA coverage will face higher premiums without clarity on potential subsidy extensions [4] Political Landscape - There has been significant partisan conflict over the future of ACA subsidies, with recent attempts by Democrats to extend subsidies being blocked by Senate Republicans [5] - President Trump has expressed a willingness to collaborate with Democrats on health care, but time is limited for negotiations [3][7]

Welcome back. With Affordable Care Act subsidy set to expire in less than three weeks and insurance premiums about to spike for millions of Americans, the path to a healthc care deal on Capitol Hill seems to have all but evaporated. Today in the Senate, two proposals, one Democratic, one Republican, both failed to get the votes needed to pass.The Democratic proposal would have extended the expiring ACA subsidies for three years, something Republicans have repeatedly eject rejected. The Republican plan would ...

Sahel, I know you're sticking around for us because a Senate vote to address the looming spike in premiums for millions of Americans is fast approaching. Senate Democrats are expected to force a vote on their proposal of a clean three-year extension of those expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. That legislation is expected to fail.Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader John Thun told reporters this afternoon that Republicans will offer up their own plan, a bill to expand access to health savings accounts. Thi ...

Welcome back. With less than a month until health insurance premiums are set to skyrocket for millions of Americans, Democrats today unveiled a plan to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years and prevent premiums from spiking. Look, >> the bill a clean three-year extension of ACA tax credits that Democrats will bring to the floor of the Senate for a vote next Thursday and every single Democrat will support it.Republicans have one week to decide where they stand. If Republicans block our b ...