House Speaker Mike Johnson on upcoming GOP health care vote
December 17, 2025 • 6m 18s
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00:00.350
joining
us
right
now
is
house
speaker
mike
johnson
and
speaker
johnson
thank
you
for
being
with
us
today
people
have
been
waiting
to
see
what
you
would
do
and
you
decided
to
go
with
a
more
conservative
part
of
your
party
to
the
consternation
of
some
moderates
including
mike
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00:16.870
lawler
what
happened
what
what
made
you
decide
to
go
this
way
and
what
do
you
do
with
the
moderates
who
are
unhappy
with
this
decision
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
00:25.190
well
it
wasn't
the
speakers
decision
it
was
consensus
of
the
body
we
have
two
hundred
twenty
republicans
here
and
lots
of
different
opinions
lots
of
different
dynamics
in
their
districts
across
the
country
this
extending
of
the
covid
era
enhanced
subsidy
the
premium
tax
credit
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
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has
been
a
big
issue
around
here
of
debate
for
for
for
months
now
we
we
knew
that
we
were
coming
to
the
end
of
the
year
when
it
would
expire
and
remember
the
democrats
created
this
covid
era
subsidy
they
are
the
ones
that
put
expiration
date
on
it
and
now
they're
turning
to
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
00:57.110
republicans
as
if
we
should
we
should
save
that
in
some
way
we
couldn't
find
consensus
on
it
with
the
body
in
order
to
pass
it
here's
the
reason
everybody
needs
to
understand
there's
a
false
narrative
out
there
about
these
these
subsidies
it's
subsidizing
insurance
companies
and
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
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when
you
do
that
you're
masking
the
cost
the
rising
cost
of
healthcare
and
you're
rising
making
the
premiums
rise
even
further
but
here's
here's
the
false
narrative
the
democrats
are
are
pretending
as
though
this
effects
everybody
in
the
country
it
affects
seven
percent
of
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
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americans
this
extended
subsidy
and
of
those
even
if
it
was
extended
without
any
reforms
at
all
it
would
only
reduce
that
small
group
of
americans
premiums
by
five
point
seven
percent
the
democrats
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01:38.990
have
tried
twenty
two
to
twenty
four
million
americans
no
i
understand
that
this
is
not
for
everybody
but
it's
twenty
two
to
twenty
four
million
americans
and
there
are
some
republican
some
republican
republicans
whose
districts
are
going
to
face
some
real
trouble
and
some
real
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01:54.190
issues
with
this
we
we've
talked
to
some
of
them
i
understand
that
mike
lawler
from
new
york
was
particularly
upset
yesterday
that
he
was
kind
of
furious
about
it
said
it's
idiotic
it's
political
malpractice
that's
what
he
told
axios
on
some
of
this
they
said
they
could
hear
him
? (Anchor)
02:09.990
yelling
from
outside
the
room
yesterday
where
all
of
you
were
meeting
well
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
02:13.710
no
no
i
was
in
that
room
with
him
and
mike
lawler
is
one
of
my
close
friends
in
fact
i
was
with
him
in
his
district
in
new
york
city
just
two
weeks
ago
campaigning
for
a
couple
of
days
raising
him
money
and
helping
him
get
reelected
he's
an
essential
member
of
our
conference
and
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
02:25.390
a
really
smart
guy
and
what
he
was
arguing
for
is
this
seven
percent
of
americans
but
here's
the
point
what
we're
going
to
do
today
is
the
first
multiple
steps
to
help
not
just
seven
percent
of
americans
but
one
hundred
percent
of
americans
reduce
their
premiums
actually
reduce
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
02:41.390
their
premiums
not
subsidized
insurance
companies
to
raise
the
premiums
but
reduce
them
and
the
first
of
those
votes
is
today
this
is
the
lower
premiums
for
all
americans
act
we're
going
to
have
on
the
floor
and
it's
going
to
actually
achieve
if
it's
signed
into
law
exactly
what
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
02:55.190
we're
saying
it
has
many
components
among
them
are
the
cost
sharing
reduction
programs
which
will
reduce
all
premiums
across
the
board
by
at
least
eleven
percent
and
by
the
way
save
taxpayers
tens
of
billions
of
dollars
we
have
the
the
the
health
association
health
plans
that
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
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will
be
a
part
of
this
today
which
will
give
more
flexibility
and
to
small
businesses
and
and
others
and
insureds
in
the
marketplace
you've
got
PBM
transparency
as
a
part
of
this
and
the
choice
accounts
so
there'll
be
a
lot
more
flexibility
in
the
system
consumers
will
be
able
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
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to
have
more
choices
and
their
their
cost
will
go
down
will
also
increase
access
to
care
through
these
reforms
and
again
this
is
just
the
first
of
many
going
to
do
more
of
this
in
the
first
quarter
of
next
year
republicans
are
the
ones
who
will
fix
healthcare
it
is
the
democrats
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
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who
broke
it
remember
when
they
passed
obamacare
the
unaffordable
care
act
fifteen
unaffordable
care
act
is
fifteen
years
ago
now
they
promised
us
that
that
it
would
enhance
care
and
that
premiums
would
go
down
for
everyone
and
you'd
have
more
choices
none
of
that
was
true
so
we
Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House)
03:55.150
have
to
fix
it
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03:55.790
i
hear
your
point
i
hear
your
point
that
these
subsidies
would
only
help
a
portion
of
the
people
who
are
dealing
with
much
higher
premiums
with
health
care
that's
certainly
fair
but
to
be
trying
to
change
the
health
care
system
at
a
point
where
the
subsidies
are
going
to
go
away
? (Anchor)
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and
raise
insurance
for
twenty
two
to
twenty
four
million
americans
premiums
starting
in
a
couple
of
weeks
the
the
people
the
moderates
on
both
the
republicans
and
the
democrats
have
said
OK
we
don't
want
to
necessarily
go
along
with
with
extending
those
for
three
years
as
the
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04:31.080
plan
laid
out
by
hakeem
jeffries
but
why
not
do
a
one
one
to
two
year
extension
while
you're
trying
to
make
some
of
the
changes
that
you're
talking
about
because
these
changes
are
coming
so
late
because
they're
not
things
that
are
going
to
bring
down
premiums
tomorrow
why
not
? (Anchor)
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extend
some
of
those
and
try
and
find
some
way
to
blend
these
two
sides
to
say
OK
we're
going
to
try
and
change
the
health
care
system
and
bring
down
premiums
for
all
it's
not
going
to
happen
overnight
so
in
the
meantime
we'll
be
able
to
extend
these
subsidies
well
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