The Senate is set to vote on two rival health plans. Here's what's at stake for Americans

NEW YORK — When the U.S. Senate votes on rival, partisan health bills on Thursday, they’ll have two chances to address expiring COVID-era subsidies that will otherwise result in millions of Americans saddled with higher insurance costs in the new year.

CDC study says Covid shots continue to protect healthy kids from severe illness

Researchers found that Covid vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room and urgent care visits by 56% to 76%. Some federal health officials have sowed doubt about the shots.

Michigan Senate votes to block pursuit of COVID jobless aid overpayments

Many lawmakers have reported receiving a deluge of calls from constituents about the Unemployment Insurance Agency's pursuit of overpaid jobless aid.
Miami Herald

Long COVID activists crash Senate hearing. Here’s what they’re demanding

At the Senate HELP Committee hearing, Long COVID activists demand the disease be declared a national emergency. Screengrab from Sen. Bernie Sanders' YouTube video Only 10 minutes into the hearing, activists stepped into the center of the floor, holding ...
Opinion

COVID-19-era subsidies make Obamacare even more costly

Congress should allow the COVID-19 subsidies to end. The Affordable Care Act's underlying subsidies are already extraordinarily large.

Dueling health care bills fail in Senate as critical deadline approaches

The failed votes leave the chamber without a plan to address the expiring subsidies, heightening concerns for those who rely on the tax credits to help pay for their health insurance
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