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Winners and losers in Democrats’ signature tax and energy bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are the biggest winners now that a huge piece of Democrats’ economic agenda is hurtling toward enactment.

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Drug price bill pruned by Senate arbiter in partial industry win

Medicare was cleared to negotiate drug prices for the first time by the Senate’s top rules official, though the Democrats’ proposal intended to cap price increases for prescription drugs in the commercial market was blocked.

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Drug price bill pruned in Senate in partial industry win

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Ramesh Ponnuru: The Democrats are taking Joe Manchin for a ride

In the week since he reached a deal with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on the “Inflation Reduction Act,” Sen. Joe Manchin has been everywhere promoting it. One of the West Virginia Democrat’s top selling points is the promise to speed up permitting for U.S. energy production.

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Will California keep offering health care plans at $10 a month? It’s up to Congress

Two out of every three California residents qualified this year for a health insurance premium of $10 or less through Covered California, but those rates will skyrocket next year without congressional action.

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Manchin in driver’s seat again after inflation fears vindicated

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year ago, Sen. Joe Manchin wrote Fed Chair Jerome Powell to raise alarm that the central bank’s policies would overheat the economy, a fixation that made the West Virginia Democrat an outlier in his party.

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Militant white identity politics on full display in GOP political ads featuring high-powered weapons

Republican Eric Greitens, a candidate for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, shocked viewers with a new online political ad in June 2022 that encouraged his supporters to go “RINO hunting.”

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Obamacare and SCOTUS, 10 Years Later

Even Obamacare's fiercest advocates say it has not lived up to its goals.

Reason

They thought they were buying Obamacare plans. What they got wasn’t insurance

Tina Passione needed health insurance in a hurry in December. The newly retired 63-year-old was relocating to suburban Atlanta with her husband to be closer to grandchildren. Their house in Pittsburgh flew off the market, and they had six weeks to move out 40 years of memories.

Tribune News Service

They thought they bought Obamacare plans. What they got wasn't insurance

Some consumers sign up for Obamacare and find out later they actually purchased a membership to a health care sharing ministry. But regulators and online advertising sites don't do much about it.

WEKU

Rep. Lauren Underwood leading drive to bolster swing district Democrats on Obamacare subsidies

At issue are pending increases in health insurance costs for Affordable Care Act plans. Voters will learn just before the November elections that temporarily boosted subsidies will expire in 2023 — unless Congress acts.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jackie Calmes: Republican 'pro-life' advocacy ends with a child's birth

From red-state capitals to Washington, Republican politicians are conceding what's been obvious for decades: Their "pro-life" advocacy ends with a child's birth.

Los Angeles Times

The WSJ Is Worried About The Chief Justice "Turn[ing]" Votes In Dobbs

I'm having flashbacks to NFIB and Bostock. Has there been a leak?

Reason

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Celebrating Obamacare's successes

Former President Barack Obama’s joyous return to the White House marked an occasion many never expected to see: the 12th anniversary of his signature presidential achievement, the Affordable Care Act.

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Jimmy Kimmel on Obama at the White House: ‘To help Joe set up his Roku’

Late-night hosts talk Obama’s first visit to the White House in five years and Disney’s opposition to Florida’s don’t say gay law

Reason

President Obama on the Twelfth Anniversary of the ACA

The namesake of Obamacare took a victory lap at the White House.

The Independent UK

Obama tells Democrats how to win midterms in first White House return in five years

The former president was on hand to commemorate the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s passage

Salon

Obama advisor undercuts his return to WH

David Axelrod was a big booster of Obamacare, which has done little to prevent Big Pharma from price-gouging

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The Independent UK

Biden-Obama: White House reunion to celebrate health law

The last time President Barack Obama was in the White House was on Jan. 20, 2017, when he left to escort his successor — bent on overturning “Obamacare” — to the U.S. Capitol to be inaugurated

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Obamacare has been an economic boon, but some red states still don't get the message

Every anniversary of Obamacare's enactment is an occasion to take stock of the landmark legislation's positive impact on Americans.

The Guardian - US

Senator forced to backtrack after saying Republicans will repeal Obamacare

Ron Johnson’s statement about scrapping Affordable Care Act if GOP wins control of Congress seen as open goal for Democrats

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Obamacare has delivered, over GOP resistance. Voters should remember that

The Affordable Care Act, which not that long ago appeared doomed by Republican determination to kill it, has quietly become an integral and accepted part of America’s health care system. A record 14.5 million Americans this year have signed up to get their health insurance through the act’s insurance marketplaces,…

Benzinga

Obamacare Provider Oscar Health Expects FY22 Premiums To Top $6B On Strong Enrollment

Oscar Health Inc (NYSE: OSCR) said its 2022 enrollment will top one million members, and the company will reap

Axios

White House says Obamacare sign-ups hit record

Last year's stimulus bill contained substantial investments in the program.

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