Speaker Johnson Nixes Vote on Extending Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies

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Speaker Johnson Nixes Vote on Extending Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies

Sean Moran 16 Dec 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday said that the House will not vote on extending expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

Johnson spoke after a closed-door Republican caucus meeting, saying that Republican leadership could not strike a deal with moderate Republicans to bring up an amendment on a healthcare bill slated for Wednesday.

He said:

    There’s about a dozen members in the conference that are in these swing districts who are fighting hard to make sure they reduce costs for all of their constituents. And many of them did want to vote on this Obamacare Covid-era subsidy that Democrats created. We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve, and it just was not to be. We worked on it all the way through the weekend, in fact. And in the end there was not an agreement — it wasn’t made.

Moderate Republicans, many of whom represent competitive swing districts, vented about the inability to strike a deal on the amendment vote.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said:

    I am pissed for the American people. This is absolute bulls—, and it’s absurd. Everybody has a responsibility to serve their district, to serve their constituents. You know what’s funny? Three-quarters of people on Obamacare are in states Donald Trump won. So maybe, just maybe, everybody should look at this and say, how do we actually fix the health care system?

One complication that arose during the negotiation was Republican leadership told the moderate Republicans that they would need to find offset to pay for the extension of the Obamacare subsidies, which would cost $35 billion per year. However, party leaders often grant waivers for these “pay-for” rules.

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What about Trump's Trariff windfall?  That's a pile of unspent cash on hand that's , like all that gold that's supposed to be in Fort Knox.

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday said that the House will not vote on extending expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies.

Johnson spoke after a closed-door Republican caucus meeting, saying that Republican leadership could not strike a deal with moderate Republicans to bring up an amendment on a healthcare bill slated for Wednesday.

Moderate Republicans, many of whom represent competitive swing districts, vented about the inability to strike a deal on the amendment vote.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said:

    I am pissed for the American people. This is absolute bulls—, and it’s absurd. Everybody has a responsibility to serve their district, to serve their constituents. You know what’s funny? Three-quarters of people on Obamacare are in states Donald Trump won. So maybe, just maybe, everybody should look at this and say, how do we actually fix the health care system?

You want to "fix the health care system"?  Then GET GOVERNMENT THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY !!!

Premiums were a quarter of what they are now back before this turd was forced upon the American public.  And I'm pissed for the American people.  Because it galls me to no end to see a Republican from New York trying to salvage for the Democrats what they themselves killed.

Mike Johnson wins big points today.

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You want to "fix the health care system"?  Then GET GOVERNMENT THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY !!!

Premiums were a quarter of what they are now back before this turd was forced upon the American public.  And I'm pissed for the American people.  Because it galls me to no end to see a Republican from New York trying to salvage for the Democrats what they themselves killed.

Mike Johnson wins big points today.

 

The cost of insurance has done nothing but increase as the insurance companies have made ever increasing profits. Maybe Pres. Trump is right below a certain threshold give the individual money in an HSA and let them buy their own health insurance.