Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Republicans worked on the issue throughout the weekend but could not come to an agreement with a group of members who want the funds extended.

It’s official: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.

That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year.

The speaker made the announcement Tuesday after a closed-door Republican caucus meeting, saying that leadership failed to reach a deal with centrist members to bring up an ACA amendment on a health care bill set for a vote on Wednesday.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “Crossing the aisle” to the party who fights to ensure the poor suffer, with a speaker who explicitly said he would make this vote not happen so the poor will suffer.

    Fuck each of those spineless bags of rotten piss. I’m so goddamned tired of the endless evil.