US EditionTrump Boxed in as Republican Health Care Revolt Grows
House Republicans propose separate vote on Affordable Care Act subsidies amid concerns over fraud and rising healthcare costs, with $94 million in taxpayer funds linked to subsidy fraud.
- On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a GOP healthcare plan on The Ingraham Angle that allows a separate vote on ACA subsidies but excludes any extension language for next week’s House vote.
- Facing the December 31 deadline, Republican leaders insist subsidies end, while up to two dozen swing-district House Republicans join petitions to force votes.
- Investigations found two dozen fraudulent applications over two years with twenty three approved and Ninety four million dollars paid to insurance companies for deceased individuals.
- KFF projects some monthly payments could more than double and marketplace premiums would rise, and if Congress fails to act, roughly 22 million Americans receiving enhanced ACA tax credits could face spiking insurance costs.
- House Democrats responded that `House Democrats remain ready, willing and able to sit down with our Republican colleagues anytime, anyplace and anywhere in order to enact a bipartisan agreement` as four Republican senators backed a Democratic extension, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said `I hope the message is, 'We need to do something here,'` on Friday.
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