Johnson\u2019s argument rests on a sharp contrast: Democrats, he says, chose to preserve temporary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
subsidies that keep premiums lower on paper while funneling guaranteed payments to big insurers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Republicans, by his telling, wanted structural reforms to drive prices down by double digits,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but saw those efforts gutted in last-minute negotiations to keep the government open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For him, that wasn\u2019t a technical policy tweak; it was a moral line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the Senate presses ahead with its own funding package,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johnson is positioning the coming months as a referendum on what \u201caffordable\u201d really means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring at year\u2019s end,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
he warns that simply extending them again is a political Band-Aid on a system that keeps getting more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\u2019s promising a renewed push for broader, bipartisan reforms \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and betting that frustrated families will side with those demanding deeper change over those defending the status quo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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