MONTGOMERY — An upcoming vote on extending the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, subsidies pushed by Democrats doesn’t address problems with the program, according to U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery).

A recent deal struck between Senate Republicans and some Democrats included allowing Democrats to hold a vote in December on extending Obamacare subsidies in exchange for enough Democrats joining Republicans to vote to reopen the federal government. Most Republicans oppose extending the subsidies without at least some changes to the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

Britt told attendees of a Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Monday that just extending the subsidies “doesn’t deal with any of the issues that are in front of us on that.”

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