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What A Day

The GOP’s Plan For Your Healthcare

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.612K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Monday is your deadline to pick an insurance plan on the Affordable Care Act marketplace – and there is still zero plan to ensure that the enhanced subsidies that make those premiums affordable – or, more affordable – will stay in place. But that won’t stop Congress from trying! The Senate is expected to vote today on two healthcare plans — one from Republicans, and one from Democrats. For details on what’s in those proposals, some of the plans formulating in the House, and whether any of them stand a chance of passing, we spoke with Julie Rovner. She’s the chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News and host of KFF Health News' "What the Health?" podcast. And in headlines, the Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate for the third time in a row, President Trump uses the U.S. military to seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, and a new proposal could require travelers from all over the world to hand over their social media for vetting before entering the U.S.A.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Thursday, December 11th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what today.

0:05.8

The show noting that Fox News host, Jesse Waters, seemed to be lowering expectations on President

0:12.7

Donald Trump's economic policies in an interesting way on Wednesday.

0:16.5

Will it be enough to save the Republicans in the midterms?

0:20.1

Probably not, but that's okay. This is a long-term deal. You're going to save the Republicans in the midterms? Probably not, but that's okay.

0:22.3

This is a long-term deal.

0:23.9

You're going to lose the House.

0:25.0

You may keep the Senate.

0:26.1

I'll take that.

0:28.2

The golden age of the Republican Party, everyone.

0:47.1

On today's show, President Trump, aka the Marauder of Mar-a-Lago, uses the U.S. military to seize an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

0:52.2

And welcome to the United States. May I see your passport? And Instagram?

0:56.0

A new Trump proposal could require travelers from all over the world to hand over their social media for vetting before entering the U.S. of A. Well, let's start

1:01.4

with health care. Monday is your deadline to pick an insurance plan on the Affordable Care Act

1:06.4

marketplace. And there is still zero plan to ensure that the enhanced subsidies that make those premiums

1:12.2

affordable or more affordable will stay in place. More than 20 million Americans receive those enhanced

1:18.8

subsidies this year, and without them, many of those people will see their insurance premiums double.

1:24.8

The subsidies are due to expire at the end of the year, and keeping them going was the whole

1:29.1

reason why Democrats shut down the government a few months ago. But shockingly, the GOP doesn't really

1:34.4

have a plan to make health care more affordable or more available, and they know that's a giant

1:39.7

problem. But they came up with a concept of a plan. A maximum of $1,500 in the health savings accounts of people on the cheapest ACA plans.

1:49.9

Florida Republican Senator Ashley Moody touted the work of the Senate on Fox Business Wednesday.

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