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GOP House Rep. says it's 'unacceptable' to allow ACA subsidies to expire

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    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    80% Very Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -61% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : " Speaking to NPR's Steve Inskeep, Lawler discussed efforts by some House Republicans to push a temporary extension of ACA subsidies and find bipartisan support for a deal.
36% : In an interview with Morning Edition, Lawler said that while the ACA subsidies were meant to be temporary, he finds it "unacceptable" for Congress to allow them to expire knowing that health care premiums will skyrocket.
33% : Johnson's plan currently does not extend the ACA subsidies, which are set to expire at the end of this year.
25% : Updated December 17, 2025 at 8:27 AM CST Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York has called congressional inaction on the expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that millions rely on "idiotic" and "shameful."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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