Hyde Amendment and Midterm Election Tensions

Trump urged GOP to be flexible on Hyde Amendment linked to health costs and midterms.
ACA subsidies expired in 2025, prompting negotiations; KFF found 24.3M use marketplace and 22.4M get subsidies.
Pro-life groups backed Hyde; 60% of Americans support it per polling.
Pro-life leaders warned GOP risks losing votes if abandoning Hyde.
Bipartisan senators met; House GOP plans procedural vote on Hyde.
Trump enforced Hyde via 2025 executive order; leaders warned abandoning it risks GOP fragmentation.

Politics | Healthcare | Legislation

United States

John Mize

1 week ago