House Republicans' new plea to Speaker Johnson shows 'writing on the wall' for GOP: expert [View all]
Source: Raw Story
October 21, 2025 3:43PM ET
Eleven House Republicans signed onto a letter Tuesday calling for Speaker Mike Johnson to make a deal on the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, saying that their districts will suffer without them.
Reporting on the letter, MSNBC's Kevin Fry (sic) explained, "Quite frankly, they seem to see the writing on the wall, which Democrats are really hitting Republicans on for quite some time, that if these premiums start to skyrocket, which is what we're expecting them to do in the next couple of weeks, people get those notices in the mail."
The healthcare marketplace opens Nov. 1, when Americans will begin to see the higher prices for their premiums. Fry warned, "There could be some backlash."
"One of the things that Democrats quietly have said since the beginning of this shutdown fight is that, [at] the very least, changing the national conversation to really hone in on health care could be a winning message for them, because Democrats traditionally poll very well in that arena. Meanwhile, here on Capitol Hill, the push and pull, quite frankly, continues, where both sides are not really talking to each other, they're talking to themselves."
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