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Speaker Johnson ekes out healthcare bill victory after House GOP Obamacare rebellion

close Video Four House GOP lawmakers join Dems to push ACA vote Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the GOP lawmakers who joined Democrats to force a House vote on expiring Obamacare tax subsidies on ‘America Reports.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Republicans passed a bill they say will lower healthcare costs for a broad swath of Americans by roughly 11%. It's a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has been managing deep divisions within the House GOP on the topic of healthcare as insurance premiums are set to spike across the country in a matter of weeks. One glaring issue that remains unresolved is Obamacare subsidies, which were enhanced during the COVID-19 pandemic but are set to expire at the end of this year.

Speaker Johnson ekes out healthcare bill victory after House GOP Obamacare rebellion

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Key Highlights

  • The legislation passed 216 to 211.
  • Just one Republican, Rep.
  • Thomas Massie, R-Ky., voted against it along with all House Democrats.
  • THE SPEAKER'S LOBBY: WHAT CONGRESS' DECEMBER SCRIPT MEANS FOR HEALTHCARE NEXT YEAR House Speaker Mike Johnson in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Dec.
  • 2, 2025 (Yuri Gripas/CNP/Bloomberg via ) The bill's passage comes hours after a group of moderate Republicans joined a Democrat-led discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies for another three years. A discharge petition is a mechanism for overriding the will of House leaders to get a chamberwide vote on specific legislation, provided it has support from a majority of lawmakers.
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