A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as arguments are heard about the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10, 2020 in Washington. | Alex Brandon/AP PhotoFor once, Democrats and Republicans are offering the same message on Obamacare: The landmark health care law is here to stay.
The ruling will give new energy to Democratic efforts to build on Obamacare, through richer insurance subsidies and potentially a public option. And Republicans, who never settled on the “replace” part of their anti-Obamacare pledge, condemned the law’s high costs in the aftermath of Thursday’s ruling and vowed to fight Democratic proposals to expand government coverage.
“For many years one of the biggest obstacles to making big progressive steps on health care was the mantra that we needed to implement Obamacare and then defend Obamacare,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. “It was a very existential block to going forward, just keeping the law alive. Now that it seems quite safe, there’s more flexibility across the Democratic Party to take bold steps.
Covid relief package in March temporarily boosted Obamacare subsidies by nearly 30 percent, aiming to lower costs for low-income Americans and draw more middle-income families into the law’s insurance marketplaces. Biden is pushing to make those subsidies permanent in infrastructure legislation, prioritizing them over other Democratic health care proposals.
The prospects for other Democratic health care priorities are uncertain. Biden has steered clear of substantive debate on other campaign proposals, like lowering Medicare’s eligibility age, government-mandated drug price negotiations and creating a government-run insurance option.finessing a federal work-around
Sen. Bernie Sanders , who as budget committee chairman will have strong sway over Democrats’ infrastructure legislation, insisted Thursday he won’t give up on lowering the Medicare age this Congress. He’s also called for expanding the program to cover vision, dental and hearing.
Please stop referring to the ACA as “Obamacare.” That’s a derogatory term coined by conservatives. Calling it the “Affordable Care Act” is more descriptive and more positive.
Third time should quell the naysayers, unless they're TX Senators who disagree in the most annoying Cruz way. MEDICAREFORALL Obamacare
Why are they hellbound on repealing this. Trump kept promising replacement until McConnell told him he couldn’t take time away from drooling over his list of juvenile judges.
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