It’s needed, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West contends, to shore up vital health care services threatened by reductions in federal subventions and the state budget’s own deficits.
The states that move fastest will not necessarily be the ones with the most generous subsidies.
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Tom Bitting,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, experts say other health costs, such as prescription drugs, medical tests and hospital bills, are also squeezing consumers.
The Senate’s appropriations committee is at loggerheads over how much spending to authorize.
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Kevin R. Kosar,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2026
With few exceptions, the limit applies to most appropriations of tax revenue, including when lawmakers put money away in the rainy day fund and other reserves.
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