US EditionKey ACA tax credits likely to expire after House speaker blocks vote
Speaker Johnson blocked a vote to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, risking premium hikes for over 22 million enrollees, amid GOP demands for spending offsets.
- On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will not call a vote to extend enhanced ACA subsidies, guaranteeing they will expire this month and raising premiums for millions of Obamacare enrollees next year.
- House rules requiring offsets complicated efforts as Republican leaders negotiated over the weekend but swing‑district Republicans rejected pay‑for options to extend enhanced subsidies.
- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick launched a discharge petition last week to force a vote on a bipartisan bill to extend enhanced subsidies with safeguards; it has 24 signatures split between parties but needs 218 to succeed, leaving its path uncertain.
- That raises immediate political risk because the members pushing the vote represent competitive districts ahead of the 2026 midterms, and House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters `I certainly appreciate the views and the opinions of every member of this conference` urging unity among Republican conference members.
- GOP leadership aides said Friday they are working on a path for a vote, while Dec. 31 approaches, highlighting ongoing negotiations over Obamacare subsidies.
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House GOP leaders plow ahead with plan that will allow Obamacare subsidies to lapse
Speaker Mike Johnson is charging ahead with a GOP health plan that allows Biden-era Obamacare subsidies to expire this month — all but guaranteeing that the money will indeed lapse and spike premiums for tens of millions of Americans next year.
‘Malpractice’: Moderates Fume at Mike Johnson Over Blocked Subsidy Vote
Bill Clark/APHouse Republicans declined to advance any piece of legislation or amendment to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, making all but certain the subsidies will expire at the end of the year and premiums will spike for millions of Americans.Moderate Republicans had been feeling bullish that Speaker Mike Johnson would, at the very least, allow a floor vote on extending the subsidies. But on Tuesday, it was clear there woul…
Deputy Speaker Declares House Republicans Will NOT Save ACA Tax Credits
Vulnerable House Republicans cave AGAIN to far right extremists Deciding that rising unemployment, skyrocketing grocery costs, and climbing utility costs isn’t enough bad news, Deputy Speaker Mike Johnson has decided the American people need another sucker punch to their pocketbook: health care. But it’s not just the Deputy Speaker who is attacking Americans’ health care – the phony vulnerable House Republicans who pretended they would fight to…
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