Speaker rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies

Speaker rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are determined to push ahead with a GOP health care bill that excludes efforts to address the soaring monthly premiums millions of Americans will soon endure as pandemic-era tax credits for people who buy insurance…

Lawmakers back health care bill that does not extend subsidies

Alabama’s Republican House members all supported the Republican health care legislation on Wednesday (Dec. 17) that does not extend pandemic-era health insurance subsidies, virtually guaranteeing the tax credits will expire at the end of the year. The bill expands access to association health plans, allowing small businesses to pool resources to provide health coverage. It also imposes new transparency requirements on pharmacy benefit managers a…