00:00We're learning this morning that President Trump's announcement on extending Obamacare subsidies, expected this week, is now delayed amid Republican pushback.
00:12The slowdown comes as millions of Americans face steep health care costs increases when current Affordable Care Act tax credits expire at the end of the year.
00:21The President's draft proposal reportedly includes a two-year extension of those subsidies with new eligibility limits.
00:27Multiple reports on Monday said the announcement was imminent, but both CNN and MSNOW report it has been delayed amid Republican pushback.
00:37But not all Republicans are reflexively opposed.
00:41We gotta quit pointing fingers. We gotta start doing something with this thing.
00:46At least Trump's proposal does something over a two-year period.
00:50It keeps people from losing their insurance and it verifies that it's not a bunch of frauds going on.
00:55So, anyway, I think it's something we ought to be looking at, but we probably won't.
01:02We'll probably kill it in the press and everybody, anonymous sources.
01:09But it gets us to the dadgum table.
01:11Look, I don't like the thing, but at least he's proposing some changes.
01:15And we haven't done anything in, what, 15 years?
01:18Everybody's griping and moaning about it.
01:20At least Trump's got the guts to do something about it.
01:22I said we ought to take a look at it.
01:24For now, it's unclear if or when any subsidy extension will move forward.
01:30Senate Republicans promised Democrats a mid-December vote on ACA subsidies as part of the deal to reopen the government.
01:37When senators return from the Thanksgiving recess, that deadline will be just days away.
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