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Many lawmakers have reported receiving a deluge of calls from constituents about the Unemployment Insurance Agency's pursuit of overpaid jobless aid.
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Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans
The Senate has rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year.
A rival GOP plan funding health accounts also fell short of advancing, leaving no clear path ahead.
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Republicans mull Obamacare extension after Senate votes down two bills
It remains unclear whether the chamber will advance a proposal before year's end and whether such a move would have the support of the Senate.
The Senate rejected rival partisan health plans Thursday, three weeks before premiums for some Americans enrolled in Affordable Care Act exchanges are due to more than double. Lawmakers initially voted to block advancement of a bill proposed by Sens.
At the Senate HELP Committee hearing, Long COVID activists demand the disease be declared a national emergency. Screengrab from Sen. Bernie Sanders' YouTube video Only 10 minutes into the hearing, activists stepped into the center of the floor, holding ...
Throughout the government shutdown, Democrats demanded that Congress extend the temporary COVID-19-era Obamacare subsidies. This week, Senate Democrats are expected to bring this matter to a vote. But their bill will likely be even worse than a simple extension.
Robert Moffit, Ph.D., is a senior research fellow in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Did you know that four months before the world had ever heard of COVID-19—on Sept. 3, 2019—authorities in the Veneto region of ...
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'How can you be that ignorant?': RFK Jr. takes it hard on the chin as senator grills him over his incompetence in Senate hearing
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing several weeks ago in September, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) harshly lambasted RFK Jr. over his incompetence as HHS Secretary, calling him out on his ignorance.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released Thursday finds that Covid vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness — a conclusion top federal health officials have questioned in recent months.
House Republicans offer health care bill without extending Obamacare subsidies but Democrats oppose the proposal.
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