pjmedia.com By Matt Margolis
The enhanced Obamacare subsidies Democrats shut down the government to protect back in October are officially dead. House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed the door on extending the bloated COVID-era handout, saying the House will focus instead on moving forward with a new Republican healthcare package.
The temporary subsidies, born out of pandemic panic, were supposed to expire at the end of this year. Democrats, of course, wanted them extended indefinitely—because nothing is ever temporary in Washington when it involves taxpayer money. But Johnson made it clear on Tuesday that this was the end of the line. During a press conference, he confirmed there will be no vote on extending those “enhanced” subsidies. Instead, he wants the House focused on what he calls a “better and more responsible” Republican alternative.
The COVID subsidies were little more than an expensive Band-Aid on a broken system—lipstick on the Obamacare pig. Republicans have long argued that instead of driving down healthcare costs, these subsidies did exactly the opposite: they masked Obamacare’s failures while saddling taxpayers with more debt. Every moment the subsidies were in place, they drained more from the public’s wallet. They weren’t a viable solution…
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