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The House is expected to vote today on a Republican-backed bill to address health care costs,
but the measure would not extend the enhanced health subsidies expiring at the end of this month,
and Pierre Sam Gringlas reports.
For weeks, House Speaker Mike Johnson promised to unveil a health plan,
as Democrats and some Republicans warned of skyrocketing premiums
if enhanced subsidies expire for plans purchased on the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
The Johnson-backed bill packages a few health policies Republicans have long favored,
but would not stave off the premium spikes many people in Obamacare plans will face in January.
Some House Republicans, mostly in competitive districts,
have slammed Johnson
for refusing to allow a vote on the subsidies and are trying to wield House rules to circumvent him.
But with Congress leaving town after this week, it is all but certain the subsidies will expire.
Sam Gringlas, NPR News.
Washington.