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Mike Johnson: “There's no income caps on it.”

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

Speaker Johnson Joins All Things with Kim Strassel (Wall Street Journal)

Published October 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 21:13

And if there is going to be an extension, there have to be massive reforms. I mean, you and I both know there's no hyde protections that apply to this. There's no income caps on it. It works out to be a subsidy for insurance companies which is increasingly driving up cost. (21:13–21:16)

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Asserts that current policies lack income caps.

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