{"id":565198,"date":"2023-03-18T00:11:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T21:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-divided-congress-seek-common-ground-on-health-care-reforms\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T00:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T21:11:29","slug":"biden-divided-congress-seek-common-ground-on-health-care-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-divided-congress-seek-common-ground-on-health-care-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbef942f6d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbef942f6d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-divided-congress-seek-common-ground-on-health-care-reforms\/#Biden_divided_Congress_seek_common_ground_on_health_care_reforms\" >Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biden_divided_Congress_seek_common_ground_on_health_care_reforms\"><\/span>Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/bidenjoe_031723gn01_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s budget proposal includes ambitious measures seeking to bring down health care costs, but the divided government poses a steep challenge to these proposals, and lawmakers have yet to indicate where they\u2019re willing to come together.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s budget proposes increasing discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by $14.8 billion over 2023, raising taxes on people making more than $400,00 a year to keep Medicaid solvent, making ObamaCare tax premiums permanent and enacting a $35 cap on monthly insulin costs across the commercial market.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republicans leaders have already stated that a tax increase is a nonstarter, and GOP lawmakers have indicated a desire to cut the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax premiums that Biden is seeking to set in stone.<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans have not yet released their own budget plan, which Biden has not hesitated to point out while promoting his proposal, they are expected to call for cuts in health care spending in some areas, such as the ACA and Medicaid. Programs including Medicare and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security have been deemed off the table, but lawmakers in the party insist that cuts are necessary to address the national debt.<\/p>\n<p>With the House under GOP control, compromises will have to be made in order for the budget to pass in Congress. Democratic senators seemed optimistic on Thursday that they could come together with their Republican colleagues on a few issues.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.) said he wasn\u2019t aware of any measures that Republicans had expressed an openness to considering yet, but pointed to the ACA tax credits as one where he felt bipartisanship could occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s constituents in every one of our states that benefit from these credits, and when I hear all my colleagues talk about issues that constituents are facing, every one of us is concerned about higher costs and whatever the space may be,\u201d Luj\u00e1n said. \u201cAs someone that survived a stroke, I can tell you how important it is to have access to care. It\u2019s life-saving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions member Tim Kaine (D-Va.) signaled a degree of confidence in several issues that he felt both sides could come together on.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI was pleased to see good solid investments on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> on the border that can be used to stop fentanyl from coming in and that should be a place where we can work together,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cSome of the child care stuff, we got some good, solid [Republican] votes on that with an omni last year so there may be some possibilities there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated the effort and the amount of measures that Biden had put into his budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of them I disagree with. On the health care front, we\u2019re going through them, so I don\u2019t have a response for it yet,\u201d said Romney.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>When asked which of Biden\u2019s health care proposals he was open to considering, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he wanted to see expansions in health savings accounts (HSA), which were not included in the president\u2019s budget. <\/p>\n<p>HSAs are savings accounts where pre-tax dollars can be contributed towards for the purpose of qualified medical expenses. Individuals can only contribute to HSAs if they have a high deductible health plan. In December, Paul introduced legislation that would allow more people to contribute to HSAs, regardless of if they have insurance or not, and also expand what expenses HSA contributions could go towards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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