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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : A Republican president may well negotiate to keep tax credits in place for families of four with a household income of more than $225,000 per year.
53% : For what it's worth, the Wall Street Journal reports that House Speaker Mike Johnson has "cautioned the White House that most House Republicans don't have an appetite for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies." Come on.
52% : The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year.
49% : Eligibility for the Obamacare subsidies, which were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people afford health care coverage, would be capped at 700 percent of the federal poverty level, according to two people with knowledge of the proposal.
37% : The draft plan suggests that President Donald Trump is open to extending a provision of Obamacare as his administration and congressional Republicans search for a broader policy solution to a fight that has long flummoxed the party.

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