"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 through the Affordable Care Act expire at year's end. Speaker Mike Johnson had discussed the prospect of allowing more politically vulnerable GOP lawmakers a chance to vote on their amendment that would temporarily extend pandemic-era subsidies for ACA coverage."
""We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve," Johnson said Tuesday at the Capitol. "In the end, it was not - an agreement wasn't made." The maneuvering surrounding the health care vote all but guarantees that many Americans will see substantially higher insurance costs in 2026. In the Senate, a bipartisan group was still trying to come up with a compromise to extend the subsidies, which fueled this year's government shutdown."
House Republican leaders will advance a GOP health care bill that omits an extension of pandemic-era Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, risking substantially higher premiums beginning in 2026. Leadership declined to allow a vote on a temporary subsidy extension that would have eased pressure on politically vulnerable members. The House package targets pharmacy benefit managers and expands association health plans for small businesses and the self-employed. A bipartisan Senate group is seeking a separate compromise that is likely to wait until January. A nonpartisan CBO and JCT analysis projects measurable impacts from the House legislation.
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