by Chris Walker | Nov 14, 2025 | Affordable Care Act, Chuck Schumer, Donald Trump, Government Shutdown, health tax credits, News, Obamacare, tax credits
Democrats in the House of Representatives say they will seek a discharge petition to restore expired tax credits for people on the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance exchanges after the measure was excluded from the bill to fund the federal government that passed earlier this week. President Donald Trump signed the continuing resolution bill into law on Wednesday evening…
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by Taya Graham | Nov 3, 2025 | Affordable Care Act, Autocracy, Democracy, Donald Trump, federal workers, Government Shutdown, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Mike Johnson, Obamacare, Op-Ed, Republicans, Supreme Court, Voting Rights
There’s a popular and recurring chant that echoed throughout the recent No Kings protests several weeks ago: “This is what democracy looks like.” But on Capitol Hill over the past four weeks, during a protracted government shutdown, Republicans have been displaying the opposite. The quiet, moribund center of American government looks anything but like a democracy.
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by Chris Walker | Oct 30, 2025 | Affordable Care Act, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, health care, Medicare For All, News, Obamacare
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump made an unusual plea for a bipartisan replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as the program announced drastic increases in premiums this month. “We have to fix health care, because Obamacare is a disaster,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight this week to South Korea. Trump has frequently attempted to repeal the health…
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