Obamacare installed a Premium Tax Credit (PTC) that expires by the end of 2025, but new polling suggests House Republicans should move now to extend it for 2026 in order to salvage their slim majority.

Battleground district Republicans on a generic ballot can turn what is a 3-point deficit today into a 6-point lead — a 9-point swing — by extending the expiring PTC for Fiscal Year 2026, according to the latest survey from pollsters Tony Fabrizio & Bob Ward.

The costs of the ostensible tax hike are even worse if the House GOP does not act. Failing to deliver that could hand the House GOP majority to Democrats, because the battleground Democrats would lead by 15 points — a 12-point sink further to the downside — the poll found.

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