Republicans back US House Democrats’ to force vote on healthcare subsidies

FILE PHOTO: Signs for former Obamacare health insurance plans lay next to a fence in Columbia, South Carolina

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Enough Republicans lawmakers on Wednesday backed Democrats’ effort to force vote on extending Obamacare healthcare subsidies in the U.S. House of Representatives.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas and Doina Chiacu;)