WATCH: U.S. House votes to extend ACA subsidies, heads to Senate

(The Center Square) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for another three years.

The bill passed in a 230-196 vote on Thursday.

Seventeen House Republicans joined 213 House Democrats to pass extensions of the tax subsidies.

The Biden administration provided enhanced subsidies to those under the Affordable Care Act during the COVID-19 pandemic. The enhanced subsidies expired at the end of last year, raising premiums for millions of Americans.

With Republican support, House Democrats gained enough signatures in December to force a vote on the floor to extend subsidies for three more years.

In debate on the House floor Thursday, Republicans and Democrats displayed deep divisions over the extension of enhanced subsidies.

House Republicans said the Affordable Care Act allowed fraudulent payments, overpayments and payments for ineligible recipients to run rampant.

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