Rep. Katherine Clark says health care is a key issue for DEMS amid the 16-day government shutdown
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Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass.
“The fight for health care is our security issue,” Clark told Conmerity Colleen Charent Chram on Thursday when asked if the party’s age will play into the party’s thinking in the 2026 midterms.
“Closing is bad and, of course, there are going to be, you know, families that are going to suffer a lot. We’re taking very few things out of the process that they’ve done.”
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House Democratic Whist Katherine Clark speaks during a press conference with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democratic Caucus Courious Pette Aguilar as Washington, Oct. 1, 2025. (Nathan Poser / Anadolu via Getty Images)
The government ran out of money in Oct. Democrats in Congress have made it clear they will not support any funding package to reopen the government that does not include an extension of ObamaCare funding.
Those covers, which greatly expand the pool of eligible applicants to develop Premium Tax Plan credits, are experiencing an expiration when they suddenly expire.
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Open enrollment for enhanced Premium tax Credits is set to begin early next month.
“We watched disaster come our way,” Clark said. “And that’s the problem with that.”
“The marketplace, the ACA marketplace, open enrollment happens on November 1,” he said, referring to Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “People get their premium notices to go to that place and say, ‘I can’t afford this.’ That is the real problem for American families. And it covers the cost of health care for every single person, regardless of where you get your health insurance. “
Clark’s messages have the positions of other leaders in the democratic party, such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, dn.yyyy Schumer, Dn.y.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Dn.Y., Flanked by House Mighter Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
Clark noted that Democrats felt they had risen to the political stakes to extend the Obamacare reforms in light of the GOP-led reforms to the Trump Better Law (Obbba) earlier this year.
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“This is a dormant war on behalf of the American people who are telling us, ‘We’re not doing it.’ And they deserve to have health care when they need it that they know and when they need it,” Clark said.
Among other changes, Obbba suppressed some of the costs of Medicare at certain levels, implemented new reporting requirements, and introduced higher work requirements for the census.
President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs Obbba into law on Independence Day on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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Democratic House Republicans have sought to open negotiations on Obamacare tax credits as a condition of reopening the government. Some of the most conservative forest grooms are called to have a “non-striker” mentality on Wednesday as the shutdown entered its third week.
The Senate voted for the 10th time on Thursday to open the government, but the votes failed amid the ongoing gridlock.
