Donald Trump appears poised to announce a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, due to expire at the end of December, while setting new limits on who is eligible to receive the tax credits, according to reports.
Without an extension of Covid-19-era Obamacare subsidies, insurance premiums for nearly 22 million American citizens threaten to more than double early next year, a point made repeatedly by Democrats during the recent 43-day government shutdown, who refused to sign a stopgap spending bill that did not address the problem.
This is him extending his power. The president does not legally control the power of the purse. Congress does. The president can’t legally do this. Choosing a popular position with the citizens, and one Democrats can’t argue against without looking bad, gives him the clear to do this. Once it’s done once they can point back to it and ask why no one thought it was wrong this time.
You’re absolutely right and if the repugs were smart they’d oppose this. Because this sets precedent that can be used by both sides so the dems could do the same thing. Well if there are ever more elections….
Democrats don’t have the spine to undo this shit show. They will hold status quo until the GOP can drag us further down.
Dems will vote for the tax credit expansion but I wonder if he will actually be able to drum up support from republicans. Because despite his acting like he can make this happen the purse string are still controlled by congress and the GOP isn’t as worried about their legacy as he might be.
And here after I thought Democrats had complete ownership of the-shutdown-was-a-waste-of-effort, Trump swoops in to extends ACA for no reason in capitulation to no one. Showing that Republicans also were fighting for nothing. Clown government.
Maybe it’s because the shutdown was just a way to fire federal workers and cut benefits?
Nope. It was a way to give them time to modify and deny the content of the Epstein files. Bunch of pedos.
Remember when we had a legislative branch and not an autocrat?
We need to stop normalizing this unilateral shit
Yep. This is most likely illegal. As usual.
Did you guys read as far as paragraph 3?
Congress does what Trump tells the Republicans to. So it’s effectively the same thing.
Couldn’t read past the paywall…so, no.
No of course not, they didn’t even open the fucking article. They just read the title and started throwing out their opinions.
An added layer to this shit storm is that the actual deadline for signing up is December 15th because that’s when open enrollment ends. After open enrollment, whatever plan you choose (or if you choose to go without), you’re stuck with until next year (caveat being that there are some qualifying events like divorce or job change where you’re allowed to alter your selection).
So, here we are 3 weeks (actually less than 3 weeks now) out from having to make a final decision, and we’re getting inconsistent as well as contradictory information from the federal government. These decisions take a lot of time for us to make, the rules made by the federal government should have been clear and in place well in advance of open enrollment season.
The monthly payment for my current plan is going up close to 50% (comparing non-subsidized price btw), but also comes with higher out-of-pocket expenses (copay, deductibles) and higher maximum out of pocket (lower is better). So, we’re getting much less while paying substantially higher rates. Keep in mind, I’m only comparing the unsubsidized cost of the plans, but many people on ACA plans are receiving tax credits (i.e. subsidies) that cover all or part of their current plans. So for those folks who won’t get that tax credit anymore, double the cost is probably understating how much more expensive it will be.
This unprecedented rise in expense means a lot of us are looking at the risk versus reward aspect of whether it makes sense to even have health insurance. That’s an extremely difficult decision to have to make, then on top of that, for those that decide to stick with an ACA plan, choosing a plan is itself a monumental task with all the considerations and variables you have to keep track of. It takes a lot of time, research, effort and now in the final days of open enrollment, we’re not even in a position to make these decisions based on a solid foundation of information – the rug could be pulled and a wrench thrown in at any moment.
Maybe I’m being overly negative, but it also won’t surprise me when these systems go down or have technical issues on the final day(s) because of extreme volume of use due to so many of us having to wait last minute.
Where the absolute holy fuck is this fucksticks’s fucking healthcare plan? Where is it? It’s been
1 59 years. WHERE IS IT.The concept of a plan.
‘He suggested an act to that effect should be known as “Trumpcare” and claimed it would empower citizens and leave them feeling like entrepreneurs.’
I remember Republicans dubbing ACA as Obamacare derogatorily. But of course Trump wants a Trumpcare
Most of Donvict’s behaviors can be explained by a few things (besides the treatment he had from his parents):
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Seth and Obama made him look even more ridiculous than usual.
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Him having what is probably an incredibly small unit.
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For 2 years. Fucking predicatable.
Just in time to use a further extension as a political lool for the 2028 election…
I just read another article saying he caved on this. What is the actual situation?
Wow maybe that latest election had a bigger effect on the GOP thick skulls than anyone realized. It’s just taking a bit to sink in.
No. It is all performative. They still want to end ACA it is just not politically savy at this time. More important to stack courts, wreck government beauracracy, and control elections.
It’s 2 years. Not permanent. Like his tax cuts to everybody expired after he left office. Except corporate tax cuts. Those were forever.
Everything the government does is a carrot to dangle till the next election. No one cares about making permanent changes anymore.
It’s 2 years. Not permanent.
Well, we may have a better shot at getting it permenent in 2 years under *barf* president Vance.
There doesn’t seem to be any rules at this point, why don’t they just pass a new bill that’s exactly the same and call it trumpcare, or hell just rename the current law?
Nowhere is it called Obamacare in any official documentation. That’s just what right wing media called it to get their reactionaries to hate it without thought.
Right, it’s so much simpler: just start calling it trumpcare. You can put some ceremony around it, let the taco spout word salad onstage, and have a signing ceremony. If the right people tell Trump it was his idea, he’d probably believe it
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Anything that helps people with health care is a win but this is another tiny band aid on the leaking dam of American health care. Plus they’re adding stipulations on eligibility.
What about medicade? They still throwing the elderly and disabled on the street?
Those are usually on Medicare. Medicaid is for the poors. So it’s just different people getting told to fuck off and die already.
That’s actually not true medicade covers 63% of people in nursing homes. Nursing homes are not paid for by Medicare. I know this because I had a parent that lost all their assets in 2008 and got to the point they needed nursing care and medicade is extremely difficult unless you have connections to get approved for for nursing care. With close to a trillion cut out of the budget this is going to be so very cruel https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Press-Releases/Pages/Just-The-Facts-Medicaid-Critical-Component-Long-Term-Care-System.aspx
There are always exceptions which is why I said “usually”.
Fingers crossed. I already have ACA, but I just had my job cut to less than half time on top of the increased costs. I was going to consider going without.
It’s still obnoxious corrupt capitalism at the core though. Burn it all and give us single payer.
But the Democrats got nothing!
Except restoring SNAP, rehiring everyone and guaranteeing back pay even after they shutdown again in January.
Democrats didn’t shut anything down. How can you cry and lie like that? Repubs hold all the levers, Democrats not simply caving immediately doesn’t mean they caused the shut down. Partisan politicians did and notably Mike Johnson kept sitting everything down early so no one could speak on it.
It takes two to shutdown dunnit
No shit? Then why did you say Democrats dumbass.
Well, umm . . people jump at the chance to blame the Democrats for ending the shutdown, but they show a real lack of understanding about political communications and policy statements, especially when fuck you, cuntface.
You blamed the Democrats dipshit, not me. I’ve agreed it takes two, you straight up said it was the Dems fault.
Hedge away instead of saying you were wrong.
You’re fun. How I have been enlightened.
You mean elucidated and it’s fairly clear you haven’t been.
No one was actually going to lose their jobs…what they did was illegal. Back pay was also a guarantee…that’s just how shutdowns work. And there was $26B in funds available for the federal government to use for SNAP…they just acted like they didn’t know how to access it.
The Democrats gave away their leverage for things that were already going to happen.
So no one has lost their jobs and prevented wages going out and the administration hasn’t done anything illegal? And the illegal things they have done were reversed by ALL the courts just in time for the holiday season when things like jobs and money are sort of important to some people?
And - Wow! - they were going to totally use the SNAP money any minute now? Well that’s a relief to know they’re not evil incompetent fascist crooked bastards who would roar with laughter at the idea of families not having enough to eat.
Gosh when you put it like that, everything was going to be a Happy Christmas to all and dog bless us -everyone!
But, i doubt it. My reasons include everything they’ve done and everything they are.
So nothing.
Well, no. SNAP is funded through the whole year, they won’t be able to starve people again. Federal workers can’t be laid off and deprived of salary again.
I suppose if you’re not food insecure and don’t care about federal workers you could argue it’s nothing to you but that’s different.
No, fuck this shit, your narrative is fucked. Snap wasn’t even what the fight was about. For it to be a win snap needed to be in danger before the shutdown. Which it wasn’t. You’re a propagandist.
Good god you’re the worst communicator the human race could possibly have inflicted on the internets. Please get some help.
The impressive thing is that they’re still leagues better than you! I assume you’re already getting help, since you recognize issues with them that you’re already seeking remediation for?
No, fuck this shit, your narrative is fucked. Help wasn’t even what the fight was about. For it to be a win help needed to be in danger before your ignorant bullshit. Which it wasn’t. You’re a propagandist. And an asshole. And you stink. And your butt smells and you like to smell your own butt.
Help wasn’t in danger. You are from yourself I think.
The battle cry of the loser.
battle cry?
Cripes.
Encore
Sure, but besides SNAP, rehiring, back pay, and the aqueducts, what have the Democrats ever done for us? The roads go without saying.
Brought peace?
