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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Mackenzie Among Four Republicans Forcing a Vote on Affordable Care Act Extensions

As reported in The Hill, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R.-Pa.07) is one of four Republicans who have teamed up with Democrats to force a House vote on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. Without them, premiums will soar an average of 114%.  

Mackenzie explained his vote in a news release. 

“My position has been clear throughout this process — we need both short-term relief to bring down prices and longer-term reforms to make healthcare in America more affordable for everyone. In order to achieve these goals, I have opted for the only remaining option in the House — a three-year extension of the enhanced credits, because this will keep the conversation alive.”

Mackenzie, as most of you know, represents the Lehigh Valley and part of Carbon County.  He insists that "the Affordable Care Act remains broken," and that he supports bipartisan legislation (Commonground 2025) that would both extend subsidies while enacting measures designed to stop fraud.

It's nice to see a member of Congress who is willing to think independently and is evidence that the stranglehold that Trump has held on Republicans is loosening. 

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM

    Waiting for ego boy tRUMP to call Mackenzie names.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM

    How magnanimous

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  3. AnonymousDecember 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM

    O'Hare: It's all Molovinsky's fault.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM

    The unaffordable care act has been a complete disaster. Democrats put this in the Covid spending and purposely put an expiration date on it to make the numbers work, and to use it politically. If the Affordable Care Act was so great why do we need all these subsidies?

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  5. AnonymousDecember 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM

    These subsidies were implemented ON TOP OF already existing subsidies due to the “COVID emergency”. Covid is over, but Dems know once there is a government handout you can’t take it back.

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