Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doubled down on recent remarks about Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies amid a government shutdown battle centered around health care.
“The issues of the subsidies are real. It’s not something that anybody can say is made up,” Greene told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill. “Also, people with regular or private plans, their premiums are looking to go up a median of 18 percent, that’s brutal. I know a lot of small business owners, like a family of four, and they’re paying $2,000 a month.”
“If you double their health insurance, or even triple it, these people are going to they’re either going to have to drop it, or they’re going to be choosing between rent and their insurance,” Greene later added.
She also said she thinks Republicans “got to get real and actually come up with a solution.”
“I’m literally here in Washington saying, you guys, if we don’t fix this right now, Americans are going to be hurting, and they really don’t care about R and D. They’re going to be talking about what’s happening to their bank accounts, what’s happening to their family, and that’s how they’re going to vote,” she told Burman.
Greene indicated on Monday a willingness to negotiate with Democrats on health care demands. The Georgia Republican said she was “absolutely disgusted” that health insurance premiums could double in the case of ACA tax credits expiring
“But I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district,” Greene said in a post on the social platform X.
“No I’m not towing the party line on this, or playing loyalty games. I’m a Republican and won’t vote for illegals to have any tax payer funded healthcare or benefits,” she added.
On Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) argued the end-of-year deadline to extend ACA subsidies was an “eternity” away.
“We have effectively three months to negotiate. In the White House and in the halls of Congress, that’s like an eternity,” Johnson told MSNBC’s Ali Vitali.
The subsidies were introduced amid the COVID-19 pandemic and extended through the end of 2025 via the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Open enrollment in most states begins on Nov. 1, and insurers may raise premiums if they believe the subsidies will expire.
