Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan amid shutdown

Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan amid shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) is working with the chairs of three House committees to compile a Republican health care plan as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark and Democrats demand action on expiring ObamaCare subsidies. “Republicans have been working on a fix for health care, we've been doing this for years,” Johnson said in a press conference on Monday when asked about t…

Johnson says Republicans 'have a long list of ideas' to address health care costs

House Speaker Mike Johnson told a news conference Monday that the enhanced health care tax credits are “subsidizing bad policy." Republicans "have a long list of ideas" to address health care costs, he said, and are “grabbing the best ideas that we’ve had for years to put it on paper and make it work.”

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Sen. Ron Johnson holds 131st telephone town hall: Shutdown frustrations dominate conversation

Sen. Ron Johnson hosted his 131st telephone town hall on Oct. 20, and while he maintained a measured tone, the structure of the event largely echoed previous calls—questions came mostly from like-minded constituents, and criticism was often cut short. The dominant issue was the on-going government shutdown, though callers also asked about health care, corruption in both major parties, immigration, and congressional benefits. Here are six key the…