Green says Johnson refused to share health care plans on a GOP conference call
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Tuesday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for not offering any plans on a Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the tax subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
“I ignored that I said I don’t respect the House not being in session to pass the President’s bills and executive orders,” Greene wrote on social media platform
“And I asked Speaker Johnson to know what the Republican health care plan is to build a way out of Obamacare and the ACA tax credits to make health insurance more affordable for Americans,” she added.
The Georgia Republican continued: “Johnson said he has ideas and pages of policy ideas and the relevant committees are working on them, but he refused to present a single policy proposal to the GOP convention in our conference call.” “Obviously I have to go to SCIF to find out about the GOP health care plan!!!”
During the call, Greene also said that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.S.D.) “needs to use the nuclear option and reopen the government,” according to Sherman, which he translated as “(in other words, eliminate the filibuster and pass the funding bill).”
The comments come after Johnson said Monday that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Los Angeles) was working with the chairs of three committees to develop the GOP’s health care plan.
Greene and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are among Republicans who see health care premiums as a serious risk to their campaigns in the 2026 midterms.
Democrats have held firm against Republicans during the government shutdown in their efforts to highlight health care subsidies that will expire at the end of the year, driving up insurance prices and potentially leaving millions without health coverage.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) earlier this month defended Greene’s pressure on House Republican leaders to return to Washington to address health care premiums, calling her “absolutely right.”
“So, hold on to your hats,” Schumer said at the time. “I think this is the first time I’ve said this, but on this issue, Rep. Green said it perfectly.”
According to a recent poll sponsored by the Undue Medical Debt Foundation and led by the nonpartisan research firm Perry Ondem, 69 percent of respondents believe health care is too expensive.
