Moderate House Republicans Join Democrats to Force Vote on ACA Subsidies
A small group of moderate House Republicans are joining Democrats to force a vote on a proposal to extend COVID pandemic-era enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, seizing control of the floor from GOP leaders yet again in a sign of the sharpest tensions yet within the party.
The subsidies are still virtually certain to expire because the Senate has already rejected the plan and the House is unlikely to vote on the proposal until next year. The expiration is expected to push up costs for most of the 24 million Americans who buy health insurance on the ACA marketplace.
House GOP leaders are still planning to hold a vote Wednesday on a modest healthcare bill that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) unveiled last week. But with most Republicans opposed to the subsidies, Johnson had refused to allow a vote on extending the policy, fomenting the strongest rebellion among Republicans from swing districts to date. Many of those lawmakers, who fear political backlash in next year’s midterms due to rising prices, tried unsuccessfully for weeks to persuade Johnson to include the extension.
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