MagicMike
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Republicans have really painted themselves into a corner with their stance on these ACA subsidies. It has become a lose-lose situation for them. If they let these subsidies expire without presenting a viable alternative plan at the end of the month they have no chance of keeping their majorities in congress in the midterm elections next November.
If they present any plan that increases cost of healthcare to voters or restricts access in any way to vital medical services that voters have become accustomed to having for the past ten years their fate will be no different.
They (and Donald Trump) promised to do away with the ACA way back in 2016. They assured us they had a "better" plan.
They didn't.
They lied, and they have been lying ever since.
So now push has come to shove. It is time to either put up or shut up. They don't have a single trick in their bag to "put up" so they're just going to have to shut up and extend the ACA subsidies. This of course will be a huge betrayal of the Republican base that they've been making these empty promises about "doing away with Obamacare" to for the past decade.
And the biggest irony of all is that MOST of the voters who are going to be betrayed in this by Republicans either way are red state voters who depend upon the ACA and these subsidies but just don't seem to realize it's ALL a part of their dreaded "Obamacare."
KFF’s poll reveals that marketplace enrollees — most of whom say they would be directly impacted by the subsidies expiring — overwhelmingly support an extension. The survey found this group is more likely to blame Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats if the tax credits are left to expire.
The expiration of the tax credits — which a separate KFF analysis found will more than double monthly payments for the average subsidized enrollee — comes as Americans are already overwhelmed by high health expenses, the poll shows.
About 6 in 10 Affordable Care Act enrollees find it “somewhat” or “very” difficult to afford out-of-pocket costs for medical care, such as deductibles and copays. That exceeds the roughly half of enrollees who find it challenging to afford health insurance premiums. Most also say they could not afford a $300 per year increase in their health insurance costs without significantly disrupting their household finances.
Cynthia Cox, a vice president of KFF who leads the organization’s ACA research, said the population of Americans on Affordable Care Act health insurance includes some high-earning entrepreneurs and small business owners, but the bulk of enrollees are lower-income and therefore vulnerable to even small increases in health costs.
“These are often going to be people who are living paycheck to paycheck, who have volatile or unpredictable incomes as well,” she said. “Increases that many of them are facing are going to be some sort of financial hardship for them.”
apnews.com
If they present any plan that increases cost of healthcare to voters or restricts access in any way to vital medical services that voters have become accustomed to having for the past ten years their fate will be no different.
They (and Donald Trump) promised to do away with the ACA way back in 2016. They assured us they had a "better" plan.
They didn't.
They lied, and they have been lying ever since.
So now push has come to shove. It is time to either put up or shut up. They don't have a single trick in their bag to "put up" so they're just going to have to shut up and extend the ACA subsidies. This of course will be a huge betrayal of the Republican base that they've been making these empty promises about "doing away with Obamacare" to for the past decade.
And the biggest irony of all is that MOST of the voters who are going to be betrayed in this by Republicans either way are red state voters who depend upon the ACA and these subsidies but just don't seem to realize it's ALL a part of their dreaded "Obamacare."
KFF’s poll reveals that marketplace enrollees — most of whom say they would be directly impacted by the subsidies expiring — overwhelmingly support an extension. The survey found this group is more likely to blame Trump and Republicans in Congress than Democrats if the tax credits are left to expire.
The expiration of the tax credits — which a separate KFF analysis found will more than double monthly payments for the average subsidized enrollee — comes as Americans are already overwhelmed by high health expenses, the poll shows.
About 6 in 10 Affordable Care Act enrollees find it “somewhat” or “very” difficult to afford out-of-pocket costs for medical care, such as deductibles and copays. That exceeds the roughly half of enrollees who find it challenging to afford health insurance premiums. Most also say they could not afford a $300 per year increase in their health insurance costs without significantly disrupting their household finances.
Cynthia Cox, a vice president of KFF who leads the organization’s ACA research, said the population of Americans on Affordable Care Act health insurance includes some high-earning entrepreneurs and small business owners, but the bulk of enrollees are lower-income and therefore vulnerable to even small increases in health costs.
“These are often going to be people who are living paycheck to paycheck, who have volatile or unpredictable incomes as well,” she said. “Increases that many of them are facing are going to be some sort of financial hardship for them.”
Where the blame will fall if ACA subsidies expire, according to a new poll
A new survey of Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollees finds that many are already struggling with the high cost of health care.
apnews.com
