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House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/health@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The feds can literally decide to reopen enrollment at any time. And "I deserve better because I planned, unlike those lazy, good-for-nothings" sounds pompous as fuck

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

The feds can literally decide to reopen enrollment at any time.

Yup.

And the president can call a special session at any time under the US Constitution, if people dying for lack of health care ever becomes any measure of a priority.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And it's a good thing that's not what I said!

[–] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You literally said it would be a slap in the face if they approved to extend now that you've picked a different plan.

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

If you were forced to pick a shittier plan because of the loss of subsidies,, and then the subsidies were reinstated after the open enrollment period, then yeah, I can see that being a slap in the face from our government.