MTG says GOP must 'come up with a solution' for Obamacare subsidies amid government shutdown

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said fellow Washington Republicans must "come up with a solution" for Obamacare subsidies – amid the government shutdown in which Democrats' are demanding the extensions to end the shutdown.

The subsides are expiring tax credits for the Affordable Care Act. 

“The issues of the subsidies are real. It’s not something that anybody can say is made up,” Greene told The Hill news outlet. “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 said.

She also said fellow Republicans have “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,” Greene said.

She posted on X on Monday: "I was not in Congress when all this Obamacare, 'Affordable Care Act' bullsh-t started. I got here in 2021. As a matter of fact, the ACA made health insurance UNAFFORDABLE for my family after it was passed, with skyrocketing premiums higher than our house payment.

"Let’s just say as nicely as possible, I’m not a fan. 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. 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."

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the year-end deadline to extend ACA subsidies was far 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.

The ACA subsidies began during the COVID-19 pandemic and were extended through the end of 2025 via the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Most states' open enrollment begins on Nov. 1, and insurers may raise premiums if they believe the subsidies will expire.