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Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End

Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End

Update: 2025-12-04
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With just weeks before enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire for 22 million Americans, Congress faces mounting pressure to act on healthcare funding. We’ll talk about the negotiations unfolding on Capitol Hill, what we’re hearing from the White House and how the issue could shape the 2026 midterm elections.




Guests:


Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy, KFF - a nonpartisan health policy research, polling and news organization


Sam Liccardo, United States Representative, California's 16th Congressional District - includes Santa Clara and San Mateo counties


Jonathan Cohn, senior national correspondent, The Bulwark; author, "The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage"

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Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End

Congress Scrambles to Address Healthcare Funding Before Year End

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