Jordan Weissmann

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Jordan Weissmann

Medicaid isn’t the only healthcare program that’s in for an overhaul under the Republican Party’s “one big, beautiful bill.” The controversial tax and spending package, which passed the House Thursday with the help of pressure from President Trump, also includes several reforms to the Affordable Care Act that are expected to shrink the number of Americans who obtain insurance through the law’s marketplaces.

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Jordan Weissmann

The new standard plan would still require fixed monthly payments. But instead of automatically being placed on a 10-year repayment schedule, like in today’s program, former students would have between 10 and 25 years to pay down their debts depending on how much they borrowed — similar to how federal consolidation loans work today .

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Jordan Weissmann

If you happen to be in the market for a four-wheeler or a Winnebago, congratulations: Republicans want to give you a tax break. Early Thursday, House GOP lawmakers passed their “one big beautiful bill,” meant to enact most of the party’s policy agenda. Included in the legislation are a handful of populist measures that President Trump made a signature part of his campaign platform as he targeted blue-collar and older constituencies.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Weissmann

Pretty soon, every newborn American could be the proud owner of their very own “Trump account.”The Republican party’s “one big beautiful bill,” which passed the House early Thursday, contains a pilot program that would automatically create a new, tax-advantaged investment account prefunded with $1,000 for each child born from the beginning of 2025 through the end of 2028.

2 weeks ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Jordan Weissmann

Pretty soon, every newborn American could be the proud owner of their very own “MAGA account.”Such is the plan under a proposal buried deep inside the Republican party’s “one big beautiful bill,” which is currently working its way through a slight impasse in the House. The legislation contains a pilot program that would automatically create a new, tax-advantaged investment account prefunded with $1,000 for each child born from the beginning of 2025 through the end of 2028.