Congressional Republicans and President Trump Fail to Address Affordability Health

With premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements that make Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace coverage affordable set to expire at the end of this month, Senate Republicans today blocked a bill to extend the enhancements and prevent millions of people from seeing their health care costs spike starting January 1.

Instead of supporting this common-sense and urgently needed legislation, Senate Republicans put forward a partisan proposal from Senators Cassidy and Crapo that fails to extend the PTC enhancements and would leave people with less coverage, higher costs, and more medical debt. Congressional leadership and the White House...