The House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill to expand the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as Democrats seek to hammer President Trump
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The legislation, which passed in a largely partisan 234 to 179 vote, would increase the 2010 health law subsidies that help people pay their premiums and add more federal funds for Medicaid expansion.
Democrats timed the vote to contrast with the Trump administration’s legal report filed with the Supreme Court last week calling for the ACA to be overturned, a move Democrats said would be even more damaging during the coronavirus pandemic.
“How can it be that right now, when the value of the ACA is so obvious to tens of millions of Americans, the administration is in court trying to eliminate it?” Rep said. Tom malinowski
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“Unlike the President, we are ready to tell the American people now exactly how we plan to improve healthcare in the United States,” he added. “We believe that the ACA should be improved, not eliminated.”
The measure avoids the Democratic internal debate over “Medicare for All” and does not include any type of government-run health insurance program, often called a “public option.”
The bill is not expected to reach any part of the Republican-controlled Senate given Republican opposition to the ACA, also known as ObamaCare.
Republicans responded that they were not consulted about the “partisan” bill.
“Today’s vote is a vote by message,” said the representative. Kevin Brady
Kevin Patrick Brady, congressman ready to fight for the expiration of unemployment aid The Republican of the House of Representatives offers a bill to create a ‘return to work bonus’ The expansion of the tax credit for companies that retain the workers win bipartisan support MORE (Texas), the leading Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee. “It is political. Policy should not control how we write health care policy. Instead, we should be working on bipartisan provisions that can be enacted. “
President of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard Neal
Richard Edmund NealProgressives Focuses on Another House Speaker in On The Money Primaries: Shares Plunge as Florida and Texas Re-Impose Restrictions | Treasury will give Congress access to all PPP loan data | Delayed Mortgage Payments Increase by 79K The Corona’s Virus Report: Art director for the San Francisco gay men’s choir Tim Seelig says choirs are dangerous; Pence says: “We have saved lives” MORE (D-Mass.) He argued that Republicans did not attempt bipartisan health solutions when they were in control of the House.
“I have been here for a long time. Where was this bipartisanship? he said. “They haven’t agreed on health care with each other, no matter agreeing with Democrats on health care.”
Defending the ACA was a key strategy used by Democrats in 2018, when they regained the House. The party is returning to the same playbook for the 2020 elections as it is also trying to win back the White House and the Senate.
Legislation passed by the House on Monday is paid for with a measure that would allow the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower drug prices, which Republicans say would hinder pharmaceutical innovation that is especially necessary in the midst of a pandemic. .
“Fewer cures during a pandemic. Are you kidding me? “Said Rep. Buddy Carter
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiBiden’s record tax increases will take her money, and her job as Republican committee chair: “It would be helpful” if Trump wore a mask occasionally. Democratic officials and governors push for a national mask mandate as administration defends state-by-state approach MORE (D-Calif.) He told The Washington Post last week that “health care for all Americans” would be the top political priority in 2021 if Democrats win the House, the Senate and the White House.
This bill could provide the foundation for that effort, but the battle for Medicare for All is sure to complicate the push for Democratic healthcare next year, though Democrats are currently sidestepping it in its current measure.
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden
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