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Mike Johnson: “That would cost taxpayers an estimated $358 billion.”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson and House GOP Leadership Give Remarks on Day 14 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

They would make in their counter proposal permanent Covid era Obamacare subsidies without any income caps or any other reforms at all. They would make that permanent. That would cost taxpayers an estimated $358 billion. They would repeal. They would repeal. They would take away the $50 billion that we put into the law to support rural hospitals. (04:58–05:03)

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Asserts that making Covid-era Obamacare subsidies permanent would cost $358 billion.

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