Jeffries Seeks to Raise Pressure on GOP Centrists over Expiring Health Care Subsidies

Jeffries seeks to raise pressure on GOP centrists over expiring health care subsidies

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is pressing centrist Republicans to help Democrats extend ObamaCare tax credits before they expire at the end of the month. Jeffries has offered a discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of those subsidies even in the face of opposition from the GOP leaders who control... The post Jeffries seeks to raise pressure on GOP centrists over expiring health care subsidies appeared firs…

Jeffries Will Try to Force Vote on Obamacare Subsidies

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote in a Dear Colleague letter that House Democrats are introducing a discharge petition for an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of the Obamacare credits. Washington Post: “Republican leaders have found themselves in a familiar place: pledging to make major changes to the Affordable Care Act, citing rising health care costs and a looming deadline — but far from agreeing on how to do it.”

GOP Support Slowly Grows For Obamacare Subsidy Extension – RamaOnHealthcare

More Republicans are voicing support for an extension of tax credits for those who buy individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as