Fight over US healthcare subsides stuck on familiar snag: abortion
Republicans refuse to move forward without further restrictions on abortion coverage – Democrats say that’s a non-starterWhen subsidies for US healthcare plans expired at the end of last year, millions of Americans saw their monthly premiums suddenly hit eye-watering, unaffordable levels. But...
<p>Republicans refuse to move forward without further restrictions on abortion coverage – Democrats say that’s a non-starter</p><p>When subsidies for US healthcare plans expired at the end of last year, millions of Americans saw their monthly premiums suddenly hit eye-watering, unaffordable levels. But the congressional fight over reviving the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies has gotten stuck on a familiar snag in US politics: abortion.</p><p>Congressional leaders said on Thursday they had reached a bipartisan deal to use a spending bill to overhaul elements of the US healthcare system, with a focus on corporate middlemen who have been <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/congress-health-deal-still-has-hurdles-00740600">accused of raising prescription drug prices</a>, but the deal does not address the subsidies. The deal could also fall apart, as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/democrats-congress-reaction.html">Democrats and Republicans are now splintering</a> over whether and how to back government spending measures in the wake of federal officers’ fatal shooting of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/alex-pretti-minneapolis-minnesota-shooting">Alex Pretti</a> in Minneapolis.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/27/us-healthcare-subsidies-abortion">Continue reading...</a>
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