About the Republican Health Care Crises . . .

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The ACA is not set to expire. Neither are ACA subsidies. Only the temporary COVID supplement to the subsidies. Democrats set them to expire at the end of this year.

Is that what you meant to ask about?

GOP health care chaos spills into battleground midterm races​

You may want to accept reality. Republican politicians are not pretending that they don't have a serious problem.

"ALWAYS BLAME SOMEBODY ELSE!"
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Support for continuing the tax credits extends across party lines. Nearly all Democrats and about 8 in 10 independents who are enrolled in marketplace plans say the credits should be extended, as do about 7 in 10 Republicans. Support is similarly high among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who support the MAGA movement, and those who don’t...​

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Among those who think Congress should extend the credits, about 4 in 10 say Trump would deserve “most of the blame” if they were allowed to expire and roughly one-third say that about Republicans in Congress. Democrats in Congress are much less likely to receive blame: only 23% of enrollees say they would deserve the bulk of responsibility.​

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[Seymour Flops]

GOP health care chaos spills into battleground midterm races​

You may want to accept reality. Republican politicians are not pretending that they don't have a serious problem.

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"ALWAYS BLAME SOMEBODY ELSE!"
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Support for continuing the tax credits extends across party lines. Nearly all Democrats and about 8 in 10 independents who are enrolled in marketplace plans say the credits should be extended, as do about 7 in 10 Republicans. Support is similarly high among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who support the MAGA movement, and those who don’t...​

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Among those who think Congress should extend the credits, about 4 in 10 say Trump would deserve “most of the blame” if they were allowed to expire and roughly one-third say that about Republicans in Congress. Democrats in Congress are much less likely to receive blame: only 23% of enrollees say they would deserve the bulk of responsibility.​

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So it's a bad issue for Republicans?

Then you should be celebrating, not panicking.

Why are you so worried?

 

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So it's a bad issue for Republicans?

Then you should be celebrating, not panicking.

Why are you so worried?

Republicans are right to be worried, very worried!

Republicans inside and outside the White House dispute how politically damaging the subsidies’ expiration would be.​

 

[Seymour Flops]

Republicans are right to be worried, very worried!

Republicans inside and outside the White House dispute how politically damaging the subsidies’ expiration would be.​

Oh, there is a very simple answer to how damaging allowing the subsidies to expire would be:

Far less damaging than extending them.