Lawmakers’ Health Care, Government Shutdown Claims
Oct 1, 2025 · Democrats and Republicans have sparred over Democratic demands to address health care issues in a government funding bill, with the standoff leading to the first government shutdown …
Democrats' shutdown fight won’t lower healthcare costs. Here’s what ...
Oct 9, 2025 · In essence, Democrats think the best way to lower healthcare costs is to direct more funding to insurance companies. This idea could not be more wrong. The credits are costly, poorly …
Democrats' health care demands are at the heart of the government ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations …
Fact Check: What do democrats want for the government shutdown to
Oct 18, 2025 · Democrats argue that failing to extend subsidies will immediately increase costs for families and strain local health systems, making healthcare the decisive policy lever for any short …
Democrats still not supporting GOP bill to end the shutdown
3 days ago · Democrats still not supporting GOP bill to end the shutdown A statement from a powerful federal employees’ union calling on Congress to reopen the government didn’t have an immediate …
Democrats dig in on health care as threat of government shutdown …
Sep 13, 2025 · Democratic leaders have said that they will not support legislation to keep the government funded unless it includes certain health-care provisions, setting up a bitter policy fight that...
Leader Schumer Releases Democratic Plan To Avoid A Government Shutdown ...
Sep 17, 2025 · Democrats are showing Republicans the path to preventing an avoidable shutdown with a government funding proposal that meets the needs of the American people.
Government Shutdown 2025: Why Congress Can't Compromise on …
Oct 1, 2025 · Democrats refuse to fund the government unless Republicans extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse recent Medicaid cuts. Republicans say Democrats are holding the …
Inside Democrats' Strategy in Government Shutdown Fight | TIME
Sep 4, 2025 · Now, with another funding deadline less than four weeks away, Democrats in Congress say they are prepared to fight back and that healthcare will be the battlefield.
Democrats cast government shutdown as a health care showdown : …
Oct 7, 2025 · Democrats' push to center the shutdown on health care affordability, though, runs up against many uncomfortable realities of the federal government's closure, which will leave millions of …