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House GOP releases buffet-style healthcare proposal as leadership looks to unite conference
The healthcare plan incorporates policies and provisions from bills that are in committee or have received votes in the past.
The prospect of soaring health care costs could exacerbate Americans’ feelings about affordability, an issue that President Trump has tried to downplay. But Democrats plan to keep the issue front and center.
House Republicans offer health care bill without extending Obamacare subsidies but Democrats oppose the proposal.
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill on Thursday that would have extended for three years federal Affordable Care Act subsidies to help Americans pay health insurance premiums. The proposal was congressional Democrats' solution to address rising healthcare premiums in the new year.
House Republican leaders are considering allowing an amendment vote to extend ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, a move designed to appease moderate Republicans who have been warning about the
The Senate is expected to vote on a GOP health care proposal that aims to put money in health savings accounts, alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring ACA tax credits.
A number of endangered GOP lawmakers on Wednesday privately pressed Republican leaders to address expiring Covid-era health care subsidies — but faced sharp pushback from the right flank of their party.