Speaker of the House Mike Johnson discusses affordability at a press conference on Wednesday, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The Republican leaders discussed healthcare plans with a vote regarding an extension of the ACA subsidies looming. Heather Diehl/Getty Images

Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party .

Top Republicans didn’t come to the decision easily. As recently as last week, it wasn’t clear whether GOP leaders in either chamber would offer their own health care plans alongside a high-profile Democratic push to extend those Covid-era Obamacare subsidie

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