How is funding the gov't in order to facilitate negotiations on ACA subsidies and health care for illegal immigrants ignoring the issue. Democrats are just kicking it down the road instead of negotiating. But not to worry, they are going to be without their public assistance programs AND the ACA, so I guess that's a win win for Americans.
Careful what you wish for---I think the Schumer Shutdown is going to give it to you.
Democrats -- the gift that keeps on giving. SNAP benefits ending before Thanksgiving--I guess that is something to be thankful for as well as the end of the ACA.
It’s tragic
Yes I can
Looks like 20 million folks will either have their rates go up significantly, or will just go w/o medical care.
"As the federal government nears a shutdown, a central issue in the government funding fight is health care costs. Premium tax credits (PTCs) help lower the cost of comprehensive insurance coverage for more than 20 million people who buy health insurance on their own through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. However, the enhanced level of financial support that has been in place since 2021 will expire at the end of this year, and Congress passed up multiple opportunities to extend it as part of the Big Beautiful Bill signed into law in July. Unless Congress approves legislation on the enhanced subsidies, millions of Americans will face higher costs as a result. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that about 4 million more Americans will be uninsured by 2034 if enhanced PTCs are not renewed. . . "
Health Insurance Premium Costs Will More Than Double for Millions of Americans Unless Congress Acts
If enhanced tax credits expire, net premiums for those receiving financial assistance to purchase health insurance would rise 136 percent on average in 2026.www.americanprogress.org
It's the only leverage they have.
IOW, they have no leverage. They didn't think this out very well.
Only one way to find out, wouldn't you agree?
And yet the two longest shutdowns in history have happened under Trump. A guy who would rather get bribes from companies to build a ballroom "next to" the East Wing, and definitely not impacting the East Wing.
Why would they negotiate with Schumer. Schumer blew his leverage and in so doing, he opened the door to no benefits for illegals and, the biggest win, he may have canceled the ACA. Temper tantrums don't work---any three year old figures that out.
