4 GOP lawmakers agree to extend subsides

(CNN)– Four Republican lawmakers are now backing a Democratic effort to extend pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies.

That means Democrats now have enough signatures on their discharge petition to require a floor vote on the subsidies.

Those enhancements are set to expire January 1st, but the vote won’t happen until sometime in January.

The four GOP lawmakers defied House Speaker Mike Johnson in choosing to vote with the Democrats.

If the Affordable Care Act subsidies lapse, analysts say many people will see their health care costs rise significantly.