Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Tuesday that he expects Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to expire and that “some people’s premiums are going to go up some.” “Remember, ObamaCare was created with only Democrat votes through reconciliation. So, I expect these subsidies to expire, but we’re very willing to try to fix it,” Marshall said…
. The bipartisan backers of a new bill to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies say it represents Congress’s last best chance to avoid a cost cliff for millions of Americans at the start of next year. The legislation introduced Tuesday, spearheaded by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), is the latest effort to break the logjam and stave […]
ATLANTA — The Trump administration is considering an executive order to regulate artificial intelligence that would prevent states from putting guardrails on the technology, arguing there should be only one set of rules. The move has stirred concern among child-safety advocates because it would affect how states regulate AI for minors. Still, clinical psychologist Eileen […]
Providing tax credits to caregivers to relieve them of their financial and personal burdens could benefit millions of Americans and the broader economy, advocates backing legislation to do so said Tuesday at an event hosted by The Hill. Lance Robertson, a former assistant secretary on aging with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is calling on the U.S. to follow Australia’s lead and ban children younger than 16 from using social media. “When it comes to our adolescents, it’s either going to be adults or the algorithms. One of them is going to raise the kids,” Emanuel said in a video on…
President Trump is watching closely as Netflix and Paramount battle for control of the entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. While Netflix is projecting confidence its agreement to acquire the valuable Warner Bros. studios will hold with investors and clear government regulators, the president’s cozy relationship with Paramount is being seen as a wild card that…
A small group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by moderate House Republicans, on Tuesday launched another effort to extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as lawmakers try to find a combination of ideas that could break the current impasse. The latest plan is led by swing-district Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), along with GOP Reps. Don Bacon […]
The White House said Tuesday it has the “utmost confidence” in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Mary Makary and dismissed calls for his ouster from prominent anti-abortion groups as “uninformed attacks.” Leaders of the anti-abortion groups SBA Pro-Life America and Live Action earlier Tuesday said Makary should be fired in response to a Bloomberg…
The Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican proposal to replace enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Act with health savings accounts that would receive federal contributions to pay out-of-pocket expenses, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Tuesday. The Senate was already set to vote Thursday on a Democratic plan to extend the…
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, warned Tuesday that allowing sales of Nvidia’s more powerful H200 chips to China could help the country “catch up” to the U.S. on AI computing power. “Right now, China is far behind the United States in chips that power the AI race. Because…