The US House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on a three-year extension of the increased tax credits (subsidies) for insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which expired at the end of last year.[3] The bill is expected to pass in the House.[3] The expanded subsidies lowered the cost of health insurance for millions of people who buy insurance through the ACA marketplaces.[1][3] While the House Republican leadership opposed it, a growing number of Republican lawmakers joined Democrats to allow a vote to extend these subsidies.[1][3][4] Nine Republicans voted to move the Democratic proposal forward, allowing a final vote to take place today.[1][4] Bipartisan negotiations on a possible compromise solution are underway in the Senate, but it is not certain whether the proposal will gain sufficient support there.[1][4]