Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
Senate Republicans say they’re open to extending a pot of Affordable Care Act funds that will expire at the end of the year — but only if Democrats acquiesce to stricter abortion restrictions on insurance plans.
The demand presents a significant hurdle to reaching a bipartisan deal to extend ACA funding designed to avoid major premium hikes next year for more than 20 million Americans, as Democrats are adamant that existing abortion guardrails under Obamacare are sufficient.
If the funds are not extended by the end of the year, some people insured under Obamacare could see their bills rise by thousands of dollars per month, raising concerns that millions will choose to go uninsured.
There it is. The stupid fucking democrats NEVER learn. Stop negotiating with (political) terrorists, especially when you have the advantage.
No but surely this time they’ll be reasonable, right guys? Let’s give them everything they want in good faith one more time, I’m sure it’ll be alright this time. At thjs point the dems are fully complicit to whatever this government does imo.
They are also Republicans. They aren’t stupid. At least not in this way. They don’t want to extend the healthcare subsidies.
It’s not like they will get blamed for it.
These are corp Dems.
Corrupt. Basically Republicans.
They aren’t fixing things because they don’t want to.
This is not true. Ineptitude is not the same as blatant corruption and deliberate evil.
I didn’t say ineptitude is the same as deliberate evil.
I’m saying. They arent inept. They are being deliberate. That’s what I’m saying.
They are pretending to be stupid. I don’t buy it.
They are career politicians. They are all snakes. Liars. They know the game and they are playing us to conform intentionally to the Republicans agenda whilst creating a plausible deniability scenario.