Posted on 11/07/2025 4:18:49 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Democratic support for a potential deal to reopen the government has crumbled because of deep mistrust among Senate Democrats over whether they can trust President Trump to act in good faith to extend health insurance subsidies or to stop firing federal workers.
Senate Democrats on Thursday rejected an emerging proposal to reopen the government that would have linked a stopgap funding bill known as a continuing resolution to three full-year appropriations bills funding military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch.
Democratic senators discussed the proposal at lunch and concluded that it did not include strong enough assurances that Trump and the Republican-controlled House would renew enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are due to expire in January.
“You got a bunch of keys and you’re trying to find the right key to fit a lock. We just have to have another key,” said a Democratic senator who attended the meeting.
While Democratic senators on Thursday rejected the proposal hashed out by a group of centrists led by Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Angus King (I-Maine), they’re still looking for a way to end the shutdown soon.
But Democrats say that their rocky relationship with Trump is a huge obstacle.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) needs at least eight Democratic votes to reopen the government, which has been shut for 37 days.
Right now, he is five Democratic votes short of what he needs. He has failed to assure nervous Democrats that Trump would embrace a proposal to extend health insurance subsidies beyond December.
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I can’t believe President Trump trusts the DemonRATS and their party of Death, Destruction, Assassins and 42 million starving voters.
I can’t believe President Trump trusts the DemonRATS and their party of Death, Destruction, Assassins and 42 million starving voters.
A Bolton is a serious Dem operative at the Dem Shill .
This Dem commie been peddling DNC faxes for decades .
Gee, I thought it was we refused to fund medicaid for illegal immigrants/slush funds?
CC
We need to drag out the tiny violins for King Walkunder, Skyhook Hakeem.
Trump’s fault! /s
I bet a bipartisan group of Senators led by Thune is negotiating.
Do not renew the subsidies, do not give in, let it all burn down. I have had all I can take from these people. We need a new form of government now. The republic is not going to work. They don’t honor the vote, so screw the vote.
The enhanced subsidies are way too generous.
From my plan:
PARTIAL ENHANCED SUBSIDY CONTINUATION [to 2036]
Except as required by the Fair Share PPACA premium minimums below, the monthly to be paid on a plan would not exceed the Schumer formula amount by more than 1.5 times the household’s income in percentage terms of FPL exceeds 90% FPL in terms of dollars.
If the household’s income is 400% of FPL, the percentage difference is 310% and increase would typically be capped at $465/month.
If the household’s income is 300% of FPL, the percentage difference is 210% and increase would typically be capped at $315/month.
FAIR SHARE PPACA PREMIUM MINIMUMS
I would impose premium minimums of the higher of: 1. 1/65th of the Medicare Part B premium amount per insured year of age as of the start of coverage
2. one-tenth the percentage of the policy premium of the household income’s as a percentage of FPL.
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.
For the second minimum, a family whose income is 300% of FPL would have to pay at least 30% (one-tenth of 300%) of the cost of the policy.
[NOTE: About half the premium is to subsidize unhealthy people. Paying 30% is covering well over 60% of true risks of most insureds.]
Insurers could waive the mimimums for up to 20% of their PPACA policy holders after the first month’s premium is paid provided $20 is paid upfront for a financial review fee. Waivers may not be granted in any space open to insureds (to prevent racial discrimination and threats). Insurers need not waive for the entire remaining term.
HOSPITAL COST REDUCTION [by 2028]
Break most hospitals into two highly competitive entities. Convert other hospitals into real estate leasing entities with competing surgical suites and nursing wings.
SEPARATE OUT DRUG COVERAGE
Without having to manage drug coverage, hospital systems can run care coverage systems and cut out most insurance company overhead and meddling. The co-pays and co-insurance would generally be equal to the hospital system’s marginal cost so there would be little reason to say no to a doctor’s request except for medical [or moral] cause.
Hospital system plans might charge a monthly age-related fee if you lack a drug plan listed by the hospital system plan.
We just had the first aircraft literally fall out the sky. Will the rats relent when a passenger jet with hundreds of lives lost come to the table and vote for a CR? We have to realize that these people are in scorched earth mode. They are so deranged that they cannot think rationally. Their hatred towards President Trump is ruling every one of their actions now.
And these Obamacare plans have gone up so much that the subsidies they are after are going to be a drop in the bucket for most people.
And we need affordable plans for ourselves:
I would also make bronze plans low cost by having co-insurance up to $10,000 at up to 50% with the policy upfront amount paid up front to the insurance company by the insured.
Co-insurance percentages would normally be 20% and based on the Medicare amounts unless contractually specified otherwise.
Policy percentages might be less for certain things and contractually capped by time periods, by say 50% of the upfront amount the first three months of the calendar year, 60% the first six months of the calendar year, 70% the first eleven months of the calendar year and the whole amount the whole calendar year. The rising percentages are so policyholders are cost sensitive most of the policy term.
If and how an upfront amount would get invested would be subject to contract. Unused amounts of upfront money would be refunded after each policy is closed out.
A policy would not be closed out until the time allowed for claim submission and needed for claim processing under the policy has expired.
Bronze and silver plans would retain drug coverage.
I would also make copper plans low cost by only covering Part A scope items plus what Part B would pay for any general or regional anesthesia surgery. These would be like the Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans of my youth.
The two operation hospital coverage plan would cover an amount equal to twice the median Medicare DRG hospital amount plus a percentage of say 20% minimum on the Medicare amount for the first operation if the hospital agrees prior to 10 days after discharge to perform any needed second operation for the remaining amount left on the policy.
A Blue Shield equivalent rider for the amounts Medicare pays for the surgeon(s) and anesthesiologist(s) might be purchased too.
The new bronze, copper, and two operation hospital coverage plans are meant for higher income folks and would not be PPACA subsidy eligible.
The health subsidies were because of covid which I believe isn’t much of an issue anymore
No one should trust Commiecrats. They lie all the time. With communists, the lying becomes more bold, intensified and outrageous.
PPACA SUBSIDY BASE AMOUNTS
The subsidy base amounts would be the average of the area’s 2025 subsidy base amount and the 2025 subsidy base amounts of those other rating areas within 300 miles of the area the Secretary of HHS may deem appropriate to average in, increased by Medicare Part B premium inflation.
NOTE: It probably isn’t possible to impose this for 2026 as the PPACA market is a mess.
“I bet a bipartisan group of Senators led by Thune is negotiating.”
The House should come up with a reasonable compromise on its own, pass its bill and send it off to the Senate for its approval.
The Democrats in the Senate are unreasonable donkeys and the Senate RINOs are fools.
Somebody needs to tell these two amateur jugheads in the black grim reaper robes how reality works. If the government is shutdown, there is no money to feed the chimps. If they aren’t working, they have plenty of time to go hunting and fishing. All they need is “one of them thar huntin’ and fishin’ licenses.”
No, because democrats are treasonous, evil, America and American hating scum.
HOSPITAL EMTALA COST ASSISTANCE [to help pay for the care of invaders]
I would allow hospitals collect up to $1,000 per incident of EMTALA service from employers, with payment not in excess of $50 per week per employee concerned being due to any and all EMTALA providers and not for more than 100 weeks after service. Such payments on behalf of an employee would be considered to be a debt of the employee to the employer. Employers could collect back from employees and ex-employees (and require EMTALA incident employees to participate in an employer plan).
[State and federal garnishment limitation laws would be overridden. The invader can ask his boss for $50 more work each week.]
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