Marjorie Taylor Greene says "I don't see political party lines" on health care

Like galore of her Democratic colleagues, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is urging Congress to enactment rapidly to code the spiraling outgo of wellness attraction for millions of Americans who could soon spot immense spikes successful their security premiums.

"Now that the [Affordable Care Act] taxation credits are expiring, which the Democrats did enactment successful spot — and they acceptable the expiration day for this twelvemonth — I spot a fiscal situation for Americans," Greene told "CBS Mornings" successful an exclusive interrogation Friday. "And truthful connected this issue, I don't spot governmental enactment lines."

About 22 cardinal lower- and middle-income Americans trust connected the taxation credits to trim their wellness security costs erstwhile they bargain policies done the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces. During the longest authorities shutdown successful history, Democrats pushed Republicans to widen the subsidies arsenic a information for reopening the government, but the shutdown yet ended Wednesday without a woody to widen the tax credits. Democrats were promised, however, that a ballot connected the taxation credits volition beryllium held adjacent month.

But House Democrats took announcement of Greene's views connected wellness care. House Democratic person Hakeem Jeffries, asked by "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson if helium had recovered immoderate Republican allies during the 43-day impasse, replied,"Three words — Marjorie Taylor Greene."

"She's been precise wide that this wellness attraction situation is not made up, it's real, Republicans person nary wellness attraction plan, and that Democrats are close successful warring to widen the Affordable Care Act taxation credits," Jeffries continued.

And apical Republicans noticed, too. Earlier this week, President Trump said of Greene aft she criticized him for focusing connected overseas policy, alternatively than precocious prices astatine home, "I don't cognize what happened to Marjorie — bully woman, but I don't cognize what happened. She's mislaid her way, I think."

"I haven't mislaid my mode — I'm for the American radical only," Greene told "CBS Mornings." "I americium America archetypal and I marque nary apologies astir that to anyone." But she added that the rapidly rising wellness security costs had affected her personally. 

"As acold arsenic wellness security is interest it wounded my ain family. Back successful 2010, the Democrats passed Obamacare, and successful 2014 erstwhile it went into effect my family's wellness security went from $800 to implicit $2,400 a month, and we've seen the wellness security manufacture prices conscionable spell up and up," Greene said.

"I spot simply that the American radical person been done wrong, and I privation my enactment to nutrient a solution and a program that fixes this messiness erstwhile and for all," Greene said. "And truthful that is what I've been urging present successful Washington, and I truly anticipation to spot Republicans and Democrats some enactment unneurotic to travel up with a precise bully solution with wellness attraction for the American people."

Joe Walsh and Aimee Picchi contributed to this report.

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