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Obamacare On 'Life Support' in Congress, Says Rep. Gwen Moore
Nov 17, 2025
Democrat[ic] Representative from Wisconsin Gwen Moore says that she has not received any offers to negotiate health care policy from her republican counterparts. Moore says that her constituents are concerned about affordability in both health care premiums and food prices.
A group of moderate House Republicans on Friday urged Senate leaders from both parties to help negotiate a broadly acceptable deal to address the impending expiration of health care subsidies, saying failure to do so “would risk real harm to those we represent.”
The 13 House Republicans’ public plea, in a letter they co-signed with 19 House Democrats, signals support among some Republicans to resolve Democrats’ core demand in the 43-day government shutdown that ended this week. Most of the Republicans who signed the letter face competitive reelections next year.
Democrats had sought a renewal of expiring subsidies for health insurance purchased on Affordable Care Act exchanges.
The bipartisan group asked that representatives from both parties in the House be included in talks aimed at averting “drastic premium increases.” More than 20 million Americans face rising premiums, which on average would more than double, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research institute.
“If we work together, our hope is that the bill will not only achieve a sixty-vote majority in the Senate, but will also then move to the House for immediate consideration and passage,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Without a deal, they wrote, “millions will lose their health care coverage because they will no longer be able to afford it.”
Democrat[ic] Representative from Wisconsin Gwen Moore says that she has not received any offers to negotiate health care policy from her republican counterparts. Moore says that her constituents are concerned about affordability in both health care premiums and food prices.
A group of moderate House Republicans on Friday urged Senate leaders from both parties to help negotiate a broadly acceptable deal to address the impending expiration of health care subsidies, saying failure to do so “would risk real harm to those we represent.”
The 13 House Republicans’ public plea, in a letter they co-signed with 19 House Democrats, signals support among some Republicans to resolve Democrats’ core demand in the 43-day government shutdown that ended this week. Most of the Republicans who signed the letter face competitive reelections next year.
Democrats had sought a renewal of expiring subsidies for health insurance purchased on Affordable Care Act exchanges.
The bipartisan group asked that representatives from both parties in the House be included in talks aimed at averting “drastic premium increases.” More than 20 million Americans face rising premiums, which on average would more than double, according to KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research institute.
“If we work together, our hope is that the bill will not only achieve a sixty-vote majority in the Senate, but will also then move to the House for immediate consideration and passage,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Without a deal, they wrote, “millions will lose their health care coverage because they will no longer be able to afford it.”
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