{"id":2504457,"date":"2025-10-29T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-favors-senate-healthcare-deal-with-bipartisan-pedigree\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:19:26","slug":"thune-favors-senate-healthcare-deal-with-bipartisan-pedigree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-favors-senate-healthcare-deal-with-bipartisan-pedigree\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune favors Senate healthcare deal with \u2018bipartisan pedigree\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthune-favors-senate-healthcare-deal-with-bipartisan-pedigree%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) expressed a preference for healthcare reform through bipartisan agreements rather than a unilateral Republican approach. While not ruling out the use of budget reconciliation-a process that bypasses the filibuster-to pass conservative-favored healthcare proposals, Thune indicated no immediate plans to pursue this method, suggesting it might potentially be considered next year. Amid ongoing government shutdown debates, Democrats are pushing to renew expiring Obamacare subsidies, and Republicans, including Thune, show openness to negotiating limited extensions after the government reopens.Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) supports reconciliation to enable reforms such as deregulating health insurance plans and redirecting subsidies directly to consumers. Thune highlighted bipartisan opportunities in areas like cost-sharing reductions and legislation addressing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), who are alleged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/body-positivity-book-plus-size-in-paris-is-really-a-myth-about-health\/\" title=\"Body Positivity Book: Debunking the Myth of Health in Plus...Size Paris\">increase healthcare costs<\/a>. Meanwhile, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) is actively involved in shaping healthcare legislation, emphasizing previous efforts on PBM reforms and noting that some healthcare provisions were excluded from the final tax law. there is cautious interest among Republicans in pursuing healthcare changes with bipartisan support rather than through partisan reconciliation at this time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Thune favors post-shutdown healthcare deal with &lsquo;bipartisan pedigree&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2387009\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) is skeptical of a go-it-alone approach to <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\">healthcare reform<\/a>, telling the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;he prefers a deal<\/span> with a&nbsp;&ldquo;bipartisan pedigree.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thune said Republicans weren&rsquo;t ruling out <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/budget-reconciliation\/\">reconciliation<\/a>, a budget process that sidesteps the filibuster, to achieve a spate of healthcare proposals preferred by conservatives. But he made clear there are no plans to pursue that path and that reconciliation would be a conversation for next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3868291\/watch-live-senate-judiciary-committee-holds-press-briefing-arctic-frost\/\">WATCH LIVE: Senate Judiciary Committee holds press briefing on Arctic Frost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3867990\/watch-live-senate-democrats-urge-trump-fund-snap-shutdown\/\">WATCH LIVE: Senate Democrats urge Trump to fund SNAP during shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3867731\/trump-losing-leverage-stubborn-gop-senators-align-with-agenda\/\">Trump losing leverage in effort to get stubborn GOP senators in line with agenda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t take any options off the table,&rdquo; Thune said in a brief interview. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re certainly not planning that at this point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come as Senate Democrats demand the renewal of expiring Obamacare subsidies as part of the shutdown fight. Republicans, including Thune, have expressed openness to negotiating a narrower extension once the government is reopened, but conservatives believe that more can be done with a party-line vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who met with Thune and other conservatives last week, is advocating reforms that deregulate health insurance plans and would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >send government subsidies directly<\/a> to consumers, rather than insurance companies, as the law currently dictates.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s probably the only way it&rsquo;s gonna get done,&rdquo; Scott said of the reconciliation process, which Republicans successfully used to pass President Donald Trump&rsquo;s tax law without Democratic votes in July.<\/p>\n<p>There is a strong appetite for some healthcare reforms, with Thune naming cost-sharing reductions and legislation on pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, as avenues with bipartisan support. PBMs have been accused of driving up healthcare costs as the go-between for insurers and drug benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ideally, it&rsquo;d be bipartisan. And there&rsquo;s a bunch of bipartisan stuff,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3866836\/vance-troops-paid-warns-limited-pot-of-money\/\"><strong>VANCE SAYS TROOPS TO BE PAID DESPITE SHUTDOWN BUT WARNS OF &lsquo;LIMITED POT OF MONEY&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the House, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">majority leader<\/a>, has taken an outsize role in overseeing healthcare legislation and has been meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon &#039;Abuse of Power&#039;\">committee chairmen<\/a> since the first reconciliation push.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday morning press conference, Scalise cited past House efforts at PBM legislation and noted that some healthcare changes, including more flexible health savings accounts, were stripped from the final tax law.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rachel Schilke contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thune backs bipartisan healthcare deal after shutdown, wary of solo GOP efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2504458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25301787766954.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3667,3715,4606,3740,23610],"class_list":["post-2504457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bipartisan","tag-deal","tag-healthcare","tag-senate","tag-thune"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25301787766954.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504461,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504457\/revisions\/2504461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}