US House Republicans block move for quick vote on health subsidy extension

FILE PHOTO: US House to vote on stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown, in Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday blocked quick consideration of a Democratic bill to extend an Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidy in a procedural move that could close the door to any such legislation being enacted before the subsidies expire on December 31.

(Reporting by Richard Cowan; editing by Scott Malone)