GOP Scuttles Trump Plan to Extend Obamacare Subsidies

President Donald Trump appeared ready to propose a policy framework to address health care costs that included extending subsidies under the Affordable Care Act set to expire at the end of December, Joey Garrison reported for USA Today, but the White House is delaying the proposal amid resistance from congressional Republicans, MS NOW and CNN also disclosed.

The White House's plans now appear to have been scrapped following a backlash from Republicans in Congress. (Photo: LaDawna Howard Flickr) 

The proposal, which would require approval from Congress, includes a two-year extension of the expiring Affordable Care Act (often called Obamacare) subsidies in exchange for new eligibility limits for enrollment, according to Politico.

Although the White House never put the health care announcement on the president’s official schedule, several reports said a rollout was coming this week.

Those plans now appear to have been scrapped following a backlash from Republicans in Congress.

“A lot of folks are getting nervous because the president of the US has the audacity to propose some changes to the ACA,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tennessee, an ally of Trump, said in a video posted on X.

“At least Trump’s proposal does something over a two-year period. It keeps people from losing their insurance and it verifies that not a bunch of fraud is going on.”

The congressman added: “Anyway, I think it’s something we ought to be looking at, but we probably won’t. We’ll probably kill it in the press.”