{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mizzou-grad-student-employee-health-subsidies-fix-extendedmccaskill-statement", "Mizzou Grad Student Employee Health Subsidies Fix Extended—McCaskill Statement", "2016-10-21", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Mizzou Grad Student Employee Health Subsidies Fix Extended\u2014McCaskill Statement \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator had urged Obama Administration to find resolution for glitch in health coverage that had put grad students in danger of losing access to affordable, quality coverage\u2014will continue to push for permanent fix \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFriday, October 21, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today released the following statement after an announcement that schools can continue to provide health insurance subsidies for graduate teaching assistants:\r\n\u201cMizzou\u2019s hardworking teaching assistants had been left in limbo about whether they\u2019d be able to access the affordable, quality health insurance they\u2019d relied on,\u201d said McCaskill, a graduate of the University of Missouri. \u201cSo this decision is great news for both the school and its graduate students\u2014providing more certainty for the school year and beyond, and I\u2019ll continue working to make that certainty permanent.\u201d\r\nMcCaskill began her efforts\u2014and continues to push for a permanent fix\u2014to allow the University of Missouri to continue extending promised health insurance subsidies to graduate teaching assistants after a health coverage glitch threatened to effectively prevent graduate students from accessing affordable, quality health insurance. The Administration announced today it would extend the fix to this glitch.\r\nEarlier this year, following pressure from McCaskill, the Treasury Department announced they would temporarily allow the University of Missouri this extension. Last year, the University pledged to extend the subsidies for graduate students even without the federal government\u2019s backing, which would have resulted in millions of dollars in penalties.\r\nThe IRS guidance on the Affordable Care Act, which would have imposed millions of dollars in fines on the University for offering noncompliant subsidies to its graduate students, was issued in September 2013. However, the University only told the graduate students about its intention to end healthcare subsidies on Friday, August 14, 2015, two years after the IRS guidance was released.\r\nVisit mccaskill.senate.gov/healthcare to learn more about McCaskill\u2019s fight to improve healthcare for Missourians.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mizzou-grad-student-employee-health-subsidies-fix-extendedmccaskill-statement"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1998899281024933, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}