{"id":2508854,"date":"2025-11-10T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-ossoff-cite-heath-care-costs-in-rejecting-shutdown-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:48:12","slug":"warnock-ossoff-cite-heath-care-costs-in-rejecting-shutdown-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warnock-ossoff-cite-heath-care-costs-in-rejecting-shutdown-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnock, Ossoff cite heath care costs in rejecting shutdown deal"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwarnock-ossoff-cite-heath-care-costs-in-rejecting-shutdown-deal%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=2508854&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>U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff opposed a Republican-backed deal aimed at ending the federal government shutdown, citing concerns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-to-blame-for-rising-health-care-and-energy-prices\/\" title=\"... Are To Blame For Rising Health Care And Energy Prices\">rising health care premiums<\/a>. Both Georgia Democrats emphasized that they would not support reopening the government without extending Affordable Care act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, which they warn would cause premium increases for about 1.2 million Georgians. While the shutdown deal includes a promise of a vote on these subsidies and measures to reverse federal layoffs, Warnock and Ossoff pushed for a more definitive plan, fearing a vote in the GOP-controlled Congress might fail. Their stance has drawn criticism from Republican opponents but also support from some Democrats and moderate Republicans concerned about the impact on families&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">health care costs<\/a>.  <\/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\">Warnock, Ossoff cite heath care costs in rejecting shutdown deal<\/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_2397823\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &mdash;&nbsp;U.S. Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raphael-warnock\/\">Raphael Warnock<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-ossoff\/\">Jon Ossoff <\/a>cited rising <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-care\/\">health<\/a> care premiums as the reason for their &ldquo;no&rdquo; votes on advancing a deal to end the federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock and Ossoff were two of eight Democratic senators who split with their party on a Republican-backed deal late Sunday to end the record-breaking shutdown. The plan still needs approval from the full Senate, the U.S. House and President Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881562\/bill-targets-traumatic-brain-injury-treatments-veterans\/\">Bill targets traumatic brain injury treatments for veterans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881564\/town-of-palmyra-violated-wisconsin-open-meetings-law\/\">Town of Palmyra violated Wisconsin Open Meetings law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3881291\/trump-quietly-meets-syria-former-jihadist-president-white-house\/\">Trump quietly meets with Syria&#8217;s former jihadist president at White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Georgia Democrats have repeatedly said they would not vote for a resolution to reopen the government that did not include a provision to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies which expire at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock said 1.2 million Georgians would see an increase in their premiums for next year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the same time, I understand the overwhelming pain that has been inflicted on people in my state by President Trump and Republicans, from needlessly firing federal workers, including 600 CDC workers last month in Georgia, to forcing some of our most vulnerable families and children to go hungry by eliminating SNAP benefits,&rdquo; Warnock said in a statement. &ldquo;Choosing between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-biden-were-trying-to-destroy-america-on-purpose-hed-do-nothing-differently\/\" title=\"If Biden Were Trying To Destroy America On Purpose, He\u2019d Do Nothing Differently\">making health care affordable<\/a> and stopping the endless chaos and damage of this President, including starving hungry children and seniors, should never be a decision we have to make in the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the deal, Republicans agreed to a vote on the expiring health care subsidies and to reverse some of the Trump administration&rsquo;s mass layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have pushed for a more concrete plan to extend the subsidies, doubting that a vote would pass in the GOP-controlled Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With health care votes ahead, the question is whether Republicans in Congress will join us to prevent catastrophic increases in health insurance premiums,&rdquo; Ossoff said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >votes triggered social media reaction<\/a> from Republicans eyeing his Senate seat in next year&rsquo;s elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Derek Dooley, a former University of Tennessee football coach who has announced his candidacy, said on X that Ossoff&rsquo;s multiple votes &ldquo;prioritized Chuck Schumer and the party bosses over the hardworking people of Georgia.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, in a video posted on his X campaign page, said Ossoff wanted to &ldquo;keep fundraising off your pain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter said Ossoff &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t care if Georgians starve, if our military goes unpaid, if you can make it home for Thanksgiving, or if you can keep your health care &mdash; he cares about one thing: pleasing his radical Left donors and his master Chuck Schumer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3880712\/democrats-voting-against-ending-government-shutdown\/\">WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID ABOUT VOTING TO END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ossoff and Warnock&rsquo;s votes drew support from former Republican and current Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Geoff Duncan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve traveled all across our state to meet with Georgians whose health care costs will double or worse because of Trump&rsquo;s refusal to extend these tax credits, and I&rsquo;m grateful Senators Warnock and Ossoff aren&rsquo;t voting to leave those families behind,&rdquo; Duncan said on X.<\/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>Warnock, Ossoff oppose shutdown deal over health costs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2508855,"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\/04\/AP25091688221650-scaled.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[66816,47334,6343],"class_list":["post-2508854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-health-care-costs","tag-ossoff","tag-warnock"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP25091688221650-scaled.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508854","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\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508854"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508858,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508854\/revisions\/2508858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}