House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that he and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had a “thoughtful conversation” in recent days regarding Greene’s concerns over health care premiums.
during a Interview On Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream, Johnson said he told Greene that “there are a number of Republicans in Congress who are working around the clock on this.”
The Louisiana Republican said that while Greene does not serve on any committees working on health care policy, he “offered her to come into the room and be a part of that discussion if she really wants to do that.”
Hill has contacted Green’s office to confirm the preservation and its contents.
Last Tuesday, Green Said On the social platform
The ACA subsidies, first introduced during the pandemic and expanded by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, are ready to finish Unless Congress intervenes later this year. If they expire, health care premiums for millions of people enrolled in the ACA marketplaces would more than double Health Care Policy Research Group KFF,
Greene said last week that “Not a single Republican in leadership has talked to us about this or given us a plan to help Americans deal with doubling their health insurance premiums!!!” Georgia Republican wins on Capitol Hill push back from Republicans and Appreciation From the Democrats.
However, Johnson said Sunday that Republicans have “hundreds” of ideas to reduce costs, expand access and improve the quality of health care.
He said, “A lot can be done, but you have to build consensus in such a large, deliberative, public body.”
