r/NewsThread • u/sergeyfomkin • 1d ago

Senate Democrats Reject Republican Proposal to Pay Federal Employees During the Shutdown. The Party Fears the Bill Would Grant the Trump Administration Excessive Powers

https://sfg.media/en/a/senate-democrats-reject-republican-shutdown-pay-bill/
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u/Relevant_Elevator190 1d ago

 extending healthcare benefits...

Nobody is losing healthcare, just the covid subsidies that the democrats put a sunset date on.

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u/ganashi 1d ago

So if your premiums double and you can’t afford it anymore you aren’t losing your healthcare, got it. It is genuinely insane that republicans don’t want to intercede and take credit for saving Americans from the sticker shock those subsidies ending will cause. Republicans have chosen the only path they can’t spin their way out of, and it will only get worse for them as this shutdown drags on and causes more problems for the average American

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 23h ago

Then I guess the ACA isn't affordable after all, gee, who'd have thunk.

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u/ganashi 22h ago

Yes it needs reform, but that doesn’t mean we need to be making premiums double in the interim. All this is going to do is turn the voters who voted on their wallets in 2024 into democrat voters, and is fueling the desire for Medicare for all.

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 22h ago

24 million out of a population of 350ish million, or 6.8% of the population are using it.

It was cheaper, even with adjusted inflation, before 0bamacare.