Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind

Trump’s HSA plan puts Democrats on the spot

Democrats initiated the longest government shutdown in history under the guise of caring about Americans’ access to affordable healthcare. Now they have an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is. The Senate will vote in mid-December on Democrats’ demand that temporary, and soon-to-expire, “enhanced” subsidies under the Affordable Care Act be made permanent. Doing this, they claim, is critical to keeping healthcare “affordable.”   Wh…

Latest Trump reversal puts GOP in 'no-win position'

After more than a decade of opposing Obamacare’s healthcare subsidies, President Donald Trump is now considering proposing a two-year extension of the soon-to-expire tax credits.The Hill reports his sudden reversal is putting Republicans in a bind and setting the stage “for GOP leaders in Congress to advance a program they deeply detest after warning for months of its harmful effects.”“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has led Obamacare opposition on…

Frontline GOPers caught in health care jam

Endangered House Republicans in California were forced back into health care limbo.

'No-win position': GOP careening towards crisis on health care plan

The Republican Party position on health care plans has become a "no-win position," according to a political commentator. Mike Lillis of The Hill suggested the options laid out for the GOP by the Trump administration put the party in a difficult position of angering their influential supporters or ba...

Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind

President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former President Obama, Republicans have hammered the law as a government takeover of the nation’s health care system that’s eroded patient liberties and undermined the quality [...]

Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind

President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Since 2010, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted by former President Obama, Republicans have hammered the law as a government takeover of the nation’s health care system that’s eroded patient liberties and undermined the quality… The post Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind appeared …