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White House faces deadline after refusing to negotiate with Democrats on impending Obamacare hikes
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Just minutes before President Donald Trump<\/a> was set to unveil a plan to avert a massive hike for Obamacare<\/a> health plans on Monday afternoon, the event was suddenly pulled \u2014 reportedly because of widespread Republican unease on the Hill.
On CNN, anchor Jessica Dean was forced to interrupt herself while interviewing a health expert to announce some breaking news as it came into her ear \u2013 that the event had been abruptly postponed.
Federal subsidies passed under the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act are set to expire at the end of the calendar year, and many Americans are already receiving notice that the monthly cost of their health care<\/a> plans could jump by hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Democrats initially tried to avert those premium hikes by tying their extension to the party\u2019s support for a continuing resolution<\/a> to avert, and later end, a government shutdown. But despite that shutdown dragging out into the longest in U.S. history, Republicans<\/a> refused to negotiate until the government reopened; Democrats eventually voted to reopen the government without the extension.
Earlier in November, the Senate voted down a bill sponsored by Democrats to extend the subsidies by one year.
Now the White House<\/a> and congressional Republicans are scrambling<\/a> to agree on a single strategy, while Trump has fed fuel to the fire with his own suggestions of scrapping the subsidies entirely and giving checks directly to Americans. That idea did not have any meaningful support in Congress.
On Monday, the White House was due to make a case for the two-year extension of the same subsidies which Trump had personally railed against, albeit with new income restrictions. But Republicans on Capitol Hill reportedly rejected the plan out of hand, forcing the administration to delay the announcement.
A White House spokesperson called reporting on the soon-to-be-released framework \u201cspeculation\u201d, but the West Wing has not denied that an extension of subsidies is being considered.
The extent of Republican opposition to any extension of subsidies was far from speculatory, however, as numerous conservatives went on the record in opposition Monday.
\u201cI would absolutely NOT be supportive of that,\u201d Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri told MS NOW.<\/a> \u201cSince I last checked, Covid has been over for some time.\u201d
The outlet also asked Rep. Greg Steube of Florida whether he\u2019d support extending the Obamacare subsidies; he replied simply, \u201cNo.\u201d Other House Republicans who declined to give their names were less restrained in their responses.
\u201cFix health care for working Americans or don\u2019t talk to me about subsidies,\u201d said one.
Thomas Massie, one of only a few House Republicans willing to openly defy the president, had previously signaled his own refusal to support the plan. Massie\u2019s opposition is far from a surprise, given that he did not support the GOP\u2019s reconciliation package earlier in 2025, but is no less notable given the razor-thin majority the Republicans have in the House of Representatives.
He mocked reports of the White House framework\u2019s details on Monday, writing on X: \u201cOh boy, more 4D chess? A vote to extend Obamacare\u2026 that\u2019s the Republican solution to health care?\u201d
In early January, that GOP House majority will shrink even further with the planned resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
As loath as conservatives are to accept any extension of the subsidies, they may see such a plan pass regardless. Democrats have continued to express willingness to sign on to an extension of the IRA subsidies. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told reporters this week that she would wait for the full details of the White House\u2019s plan to be released before taking a position, but indicated her own openness.
Trump and congressional GOP leadership could likely cut a deal with Democrats to secure an extension of the subsidies, but doing so would deepen the divide in the president\u2019s own party.
Avoiding the issue, however, would jack up prices for millions of Americans with less than a year to go before a midterm season where the Republican Party\u2019s majorities will face a tough defensive battle in both chambers. The consequences of punting the issue now could be devastating for the party\u2019s frontline members next year.
One House Republican described as a \u201csenior\u201d member of the caucus by Punchbowl\u2019<\/em>s Jake Sherman<\/a> excoriated the White House in a text to the outlet on Monday morning.
\u201cThis entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all \u2014 appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file,\u201d wrote the senior Republican member.
\u201cThe arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don\u2019t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms,\u201d they continued.
The member went on to predict: \u201cMore explosive early resignations are coming. It\u2019s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.\u201d
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