(Radio Iowa) – G-O-P leaders in the U-S House say a package of health care bills will come up for a vote next week, but it’s still unclear if there’ll be a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits up to 135-thousand Iowans used this year to buy health insurance. Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull is on the House panel that’s been weighing alternative.

Feenstra favors putting any insurance premium subsidies from the federal government into Health Savings Accounts.

Nearly a dozen House Republicans, including Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn of Ankeny, have proposed extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits for two years. House Republicans met privately today (Friday) to discuss whether to allow a vote in the House on that proposal.

Democrats in the House favor extending the tax credits for three years. In the U-S Senate yesterday (Thursday), Democrats proposed a three year extension, while Republicans proposed federal funding for health savings accounts for Americans earning less than 700 percent of the federal poverty level. Neither proposal cleared the Senate’s 60 vote threshold for consideration.