Affordable Care Act – ClarkCountyToday.com

Opinion: ACA enrollment drops should force honest conversations about healthcare costs

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:14:53 +0000

Washington's ACA enrollment fell nearly 13%, but disenrolled does not necessarily mean uninsured.

Opinion: More Americans are forced to pay Obamacare taxes

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 26 May 2026 19:52:08 +0000

Obamacare's Medicare payroll tax ensnared 7 million filers by 2022, up from 2.8 million in 2013.

Opinion: Why I won’t mourn the end of enhanced ACA subsidies

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:08:23 +0000

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that allowing enhanced ACA subsidies to expire forces a necessary conversation about rising health care costs rather than continued cost shifting to taxpayers.

Opinion: More taxes sadly the Washington way

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:56:47 +0000

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that Washington lawmakers continue to turn to new taxes instead of addressing state spending priorities, particularly in health care policy.

End of shutdown ignites new round of sparring among WA’s congressional lawmakers

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:07:25 +0000

Washington lawmakers traded blame after Congress voted to end the record-long shutdown, with Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez breaking ranks to support the funding bill.

Opinion: Who really benefits from the shutdown?

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:01:26 +0000

Nancy Churchill explores how financial incentives in the federal health system drive shutdown politics and benefit corporations over citizens.

Government shutdown entered day six with talks over health care at an impasse

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:38:47 +0000

The U.S. government shutdown reached day six as negotiations over health care and budget funding remained stalled, with President Trump and Congress still divided on extending ACA tax credits.

‘We’re headed to a shutdown’: White House meeting ends with no deal as deadline nears

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:04:00 +0000

Congressional leaders left a White House meeting with President Trump without agreement as a shutdown looms; parties remain split over health care costs and a temporary funding bill.

Opinion: Does more Medicaid mean fewer ER visits?

ClarkCountyToday.com — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:52:21 +0000

Elizabeth New (Hovde) analyzes research on Medicaid expansion and ER use, arguing that Washington’s own policies — not just federal reforms — drive rising health care costs and access challenges.

Opinion: WAGOP chair sets the record straight on Dems’ ‘hyperbolic rhetoric’ on Medicaid Program

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:03:08 +0000

WAGOP Chair Jim Walsh says reforms in the federal Medicaid program are overdue and could improve care access in underserved areas, despite partisan misinformation.