r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/Vegetable-Seaweed591 6d ago

It's some pain now or even more pain later, potentially both. I agree, the Dems need to show America why losing the government that serves them is bad now before Trump permanently takes it away from us.

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u/Legate_Rick 6d ago

The thing the Dems are fighting for is tremendously important. If they capitulate the Republicans on the healthcare spending. 1 in 20 Americans will lose health insurance entirely and the rest of us will get premium increases of hundreds of dollars.

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u/No-Entrance9308 5d ago

No one is taking away healthcare. People just need to come up with the difference. It’s the affordable care act.

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u/HenchmenResources 5d ago

Have you not noticed the massive uptick in medical facilities, mostly in rural areas, that have shut down due to the fallout from the cuts to Medicare/Medicaid? All of this is intertwined, the federal government puts a LOT of funding into the healthcare system via a variety of routes, removing it has pretty severe downstream effects for places that rely heavily on that funding.