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Hospitals are closing because Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress pulled $2 trillion out of our health care system to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.
Sen. Chris Murphy lays out what that means for all of us—fewer doctors, fewer clinics, and 600 hospitals at risk.
Sen. Chris Murphy lays out what that means for all of us—fewer doctors, fewer clinics, and 600 hospitals at risk.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hospitals are closing because Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress pulled $2 trillion out of our health care system to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.
Sen. Chris Murphy lays out what that means for all of us—fewer doctors, fewer clinics, and 600 hospitals at risk.
Sen. Chris Murphy lays out what that means for all of us—fewer doctors, fewer clinics, and 600 hospitals at risk.
Rep. Aguilar: This is Republicans’ opportunity to stand up for health care, to stand up for their constituents, and to stand up to Speaker Johnson and Donald Trump, who are willing to let these tax credits expire to hurt the American people.
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Rep. Aguilar: This is Republicans’ opportunity to stand up for health care, to stand up for their constituents, and to stand up to Speaker Johnson and Donald Trump, who are willing to let these tax credits expire to hurt the American people.
Rep. Aguilar: Americans are on the brink of losing access to quality and affordable health care, if Republicans allow the ACA tax credits to expire.
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Rep. Aguilar: Americans are on the brink of losing access to quality and affordable health care, if Republicans allow the ACA tax credits to expire.
Rep. McBride: Nurses are the central nervous system of our health care system. They make everything work, and they make quality care a reality for so many people across the country.
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Rep. McBride: Nurses are the central nervous system of our health care system. They make everything work, and they make quality care a reality for so many people across the country.
Rep. Sarah McBride says she’s ‘not going to hold [her] breath’ when it comes to waiting for Republicans to negotiate in good faith on extending the ACA tax credits.
December 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Rep. Sarah McBride says she’s ‘not going to hold [her] breath’ when it comes to waiting for Republicans to negotiate in good faith on extending the ACA tax credits.
Rep. McBride: The President wanted to come to the ACA negotiating table, and Mike Johnson killed that. I think it demonstrates that Donald Trump is weak, and House Republicans are cruel.
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Rep. McBride: The President wanted to come to the ACA negotiating table, and Mike Johnson killed that. I think it demonstrates that Donald Trump is weak, and House Republicans are cruel.
Rep. McBride: We have to level with the American people. Which is that so long as Republicans control both chambers of Congress, so long as Donald Trump is president, we are unlikely to see meaningful action in lowering the cost of health care.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Rep. McBride: We have to level with the American people. Which is that so long as Republicans control both chambers of Congress, so long as Donald Trump is president, we are unlikely to see meaningful action in lowering the cost of health care.
Rep. McBride: The only thing Congressional Republicans are more loyal to than Donald Trump is cutting the health care of the American people.
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Rep. McBride: The only thing Congressional Republicans are more loyal to than Donald Trump is cutting the health care of the American people.
Jeffries: Republicans have done nothing over the last 60 days but stumble, fumble, and bumble, as it relates to addressing the health care crisis that they’ve created.
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Jeffries: Republicans have done nothing over the last 60 days but stumble, fumble, and bumble, as it relates to addressing the health care crisis that they’ve created.
Jeffries: Republicans have done nothing over the last several months to address the health care crisis that they have created.
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jeffries: Republicans have done nothing over the last several months to address the health care crisis that they have created.
Jeffries: Republicans refuse to do a thing to prevent health care costs from dramatically increasing, in a way that will deprive tens of millions of Americans of the ability to go see a doctor when they need one.
December 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Jeffries: Republicans refuse to do a thing to prevent health care costs from dramatically increasing, in a way that will deprive tens of millions of Americans of the ability to go see a doctor when they need one.
Jeffries: Usually, when Donald Trump tells House Republicans to jump, they just say ‘how high?’ … But now, they want to act like they’re a separate and coequal branch of government, when it comes to actually helping the American people. It's extraordinary.
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jeffries: Usually, when Donald Trump tells House Republicans to jump, they just say ‘how high?’ … But now, they want to act like they’re a separate and coequal branch of government, when it comes to actually helping the American people. It's extraordinary.
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden: “A clean extension of the tax credits is the only timely step that's going to prevent millions of Americans from experiencing a big premium increase.”
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden: “A clean extension of the tax credits is the only timely step that's going to prevent millions of Americans from experiencing a big premium increase.”
The Daily Blast host Greg Sargent: "Trump voters are getting ‘clobbered’ by GOP Republicans’ efforts to trash the ACA tax credits."
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Daily Blast host Greg Sargent: "Trump voters are getting ‘clobbered’ by GOP Republicans’ efforts to trash the ACA tax credits."
New Republic staff writer Monica Potts warns that “people are really struggling to think about affording health care next year” amid the Republican effort to strip back the ACA tax credits.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New Republic staff writer Monica Potts warns that “people are really struggling to think about affording health care next year” amid the Republican effort to strip back the ACA tax credits.
Rep. Brendan Boyle: Let’s not forget—in what Donald Trump used to call the ‘big, beautiful bill’—they cut health care for more than 15 million Americans. Cuts to Medicaid, cuts to the Affordable Care Act, the list goes on and on. That is their health care plan. It is cut after cut after cut.
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Rep. Brendan Boyle: Let’s not forget—in what Donald Trump used to call the ‘big, beautiful bill’—they cut health care for more than 15 million Americans. Cuts to Medicaid, cuts to the Affordable Care Act, the list goes on and on. That is their health care plan. It is cut after cut after cut.
Yesterday, POC Maine joined Governor Mills and Congresswoman Pingree to hear from Mainers whose health care premiums are soaring after Republicans moved to strip away the ACA tax credits.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Yesterday, POC Maine joined Governor Mills and Congresswoman Pingree to hear from Mainers whose health care premiums are soaring after Republicans moved to strip away the ACA tax credits.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
If Republicans do not address the health care crisis are creating, millions of people will be at risk.
Sen. Murphy: It’s not surprising that Republicans aren’t committed to doing anything about this. … But when that pain hits millions of families’ pocketbooks in January, maybe we’ll have a shot then.
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sen. Murphy: It’s not surprising that Republicans aren’t committed to doing anything about this. … But when that pain hits millions of families’ pocketbooks in January, maybe we’ll have a shot then.
Economist Justin Wolfers on Trump's health care "plan": The president's plan is unbelievable... You can’t buy these policies. And so, writing me check to go use in a market that doesn’t exist doesn’t do anything.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Economist Justin Wolfers on Trump's health care "plan": The president's plan is unbelievable... You can’t buy these policies. And so, writing me check to go use in a market that doesn’t exist doesn’t do anything.
Boyle: We already saw what his actual plan was when he signed into law the Big Ugly Law, which cut about $1 trillion from our health care system, Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare. That bill will force 15 million Americans to lose their health care and premiums to go up for tens of millions more.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Boyle: We already saw what his actual plan was when he signed into law the Big Ugly Law, which cut about $1 trillion from our health care system, Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare. That bill will force 15 million Americans to lose their health care and premiums to go up for tens of millions more.