Posted on 10/11/2025 2:04:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care.
Most Republicans said they don’t want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither are they willing to openly support the extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits Democrats are asking for.
While the GOP has remained united in refusing to even entertain the idea of an extension in the context of ending the shutdown, Republicans don’t appear to have an alternate plan for what happens next.
“We’re open to a lot of different things. And the president wants to make health care work for everybody too. Once we reopen, then we’ll be open to have good conversations, productive conversations,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said.
Asked if those conversations will be about extending the tax credits, Mullin demurred.
“I mean, there’s a lot of options there. I’m not saying that’s not a possibility, just not one we’ve really discussed,” he said.
Democrats are feeling increasingly emboldened about their position and have made it clear they do not intend to back off their health care funding demands. If Congress doesn’t act in the next three weeks, Americans across the country will see major increases in their insurance premiums when open enrollment begins in November.
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While Republicans insist that Democrats vote to fund the government before any talks on health care begin, GOP leaders have been forced to engage on an issue that’s long been a political vulnerability for the...
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The Democrats are lying and so is the media by entertaining this false narrative that they have to know is false.
Which has *nothing* to do with the shutdown.
The Democrats are lying and so is the media by entertaining this false narrative that they have to know is false.
The “Shill” is at it again.
More swill from the shill.
Ummmm - free healthcare to illegals?
Just more wishcasting from the “Shill:
Yes this is Hill BS but…. I was listening to Republican rep today on Brietbart and he was saying they are willing to negotiate on the “temporary” Covid subsidy if the rats reopen. I detected more than a little squish. The GOP has golden op here and they are anxious to blow it because of what the media is screaming at them.
Yup. Their mission is to assist Democrats whenever they can.
The Hill.
Why bother reading?
12 million Originals - average risk $500/month/person
12 million Newbys - average risk $50/month/person
you get
24 million Recipients - average risk $275/month/person
Unless the Newbys are retained by paying almost all their premiums, the Newbys will bow out and the risk per person and the premiums per covered person will almost double.
What claptrap!
The insurance companies have to set their premiums for November marketing and they need to know what the average risk per person per age group is going to be real soon.
Would you Mr. Healthy like health insurance for less than $10/month? The answer is probably going to be yes, even if the health insurance is junk.
Would you Mr. Healthy like health insurance for less than $100/month? The answer might well be no.
PART B KEYED PPACA PREMIUM MINIMUMS
I would impose these premium minimums, whichever is the higher:
1. 1/65th of the Medicare Part B premium amount per insured year of age as of the start of coverage
2. a percentage of the premium amount equal to the household income percentage of FPL - 60% divided by 3
For a 5-year-old, 7-year-old, 32-year-old and 34-year-old, the ages would sum to 88 and the monthly absolute minimum premium amount would be a (88/65)*$185 or $250.46.
For a 5-year-old kid and a 27-year-old mom the ages would sum to 32 and the monthly absolute minimum premium amount would be (32/65)*$185 or $91.07.
To make all that palatable to the Democrats, I would lower the original PPACA subsidy threshold from 100% of FPL to 80% of FPL.
State are free to subsidize PPACA premiums.
Florida would have to call a special session of the legislature.
Doubtful.
The real question is: Why bother posting?
Uh, no. DNC TDS BS, ass't Democrats, RINOs, CINOs...
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