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House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP plan

Johnson is pressing ahead with the House GOP health care package after leaders declined to allow a vote on extending subsidies.

House Speaker Johnson rebuffs efforts to extend health care subsidies, pushing ahead with GOP plan
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Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leaders are advancing a health care package without a vote on temporarily extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies. A federal analysis projected the package would reduce the number of insured people while lowering the deficit.

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Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

House Speaker advancing the Republican health care package without a vote on a temporary subsidy extension

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Susan M. Collins
R · ME · SEN

Maine senator who led a bipartisan meeting on a possible subsidy extension

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose first-term administration pursued association health plans and stopped federal cost-sharing-reduction payments

John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader describing the prospects for an agreement

Michael Lawler
R · NY-17

Republican representative criticizing leadership's decision not to allow a subsidy-extension vote

House Democrat who criticized the Republican plan's implications for coverage and costs

House Democratic leader criticized by Lawler for not pressing Democrats to support extension efforts

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House Republicans Seek Vote on ACA Subsidy Extension

Outlets describe a dispute over whether to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, with Mike Johnson and other House Republicans involved in the debate. Left-leaning outlets portray the likely lapse as a consequence of Republican leadership and stress criticism of Johnson and health-care costs. Center outlets focus on Johnson's decision not to schedule a vote, Republican pushback and possible premium increases. Right-leaning outlets present prioritizing the GOP health care package as fiscally responsible.

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