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Jspur

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33. My heart goes out to you in your

Reply to Traildogbob (Reply #28)

Fri Dec 12, 2025, 02:16 PM

Dec 12

current situation. I will also be losing health insurance and even though I don't have any serious medical conditions I do feel like I'm now playing a dangerous game of Russian Roulette by not having it. I get upset when anybody on DU says the Republicans blocking an extension for the subsidies is a gift for Democrats to use in Midterms and the Presidential election. How can this be a gift when it will be a death sentence for a lot of people along with also bankrupting a lot of people.

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Senate blocks ACA subsidies extension! [View all] ashredux Dec 11 OP

they've had decades to come up with a "plan" Skittles Dec 11 #1

No way! ABC123Easy Dec 11 #2

The only saving grace for that bit of bloodless lunacy might be that they lose 50 House seats Volaris Dec 11 #3

Hope you're right ABC123Easy Dec 11 #19

How would continuing the shutdown have realistically changed the vote? EdmondDantes_ Dec 11 #23

The hypothetical is that if they had waited 10 more days or so until holiday air traffic was locked up Volaris Dec 11 #29

Not so fast ABC123Easy Dec 12 #30

That still doesn't attempt to demonstrate how you get to them voting for it with a longer shutdown EdmondDantes_ Dec 12 #32

It does ABC123Easy Dec 12 #35

"We have a plan" sez the TOP (tRunp's Own Party) TexLaProgressive Dec 11 #4

Republicans will end up killing people. Emile Dec 11 #5

Ending the shutdown guaranteed this result. I'm losing my health insurance Arazi Dec 11 #6

There was one poster that basically tried guilting others for opposing the capitulation fujiyamasan Dec 11 #24

No one could have seen that coming. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 11 #7

here again are the 8 Dem caucus Senators and the 6 Dem House members who caved in on the shutdown and got us to here Celerity Dec 11 #8

Lets not kid ourselves.... we would be here either way. FascismIsDeath Dec 11 #11

We were assured Dem leadership knew what they were doing Arazi Dec 11 #13

And of course we knew Thune was doing nothing more than amusing himself. FascismIsDeath Dec 11 #15

I disagree with that. Welcome to DU btw. Celerity Dec 11 #14

So if you disagree with that... FascismIsDeath Dec 11 #16

We will never know because of the 8 Dem Senate cavers. The polls were trending more & more against Trump and the Rehugs Celerity Dec 11 #18

I appreciate all the links but I am fully aware of all of the condemnation. FascismIsDeath Dec 11 #21

We need to hammer this next year moose65 Dec 11 #9

On the bright side SocialDemocrat61 Dec 11 #10

Ffs, people are going to fucking die because of this Arazi Dec 11 #12

That may happen regardless SocialDemocrat61 Dec 11 #22

They had control of congress a few years ago when they made them temporary with an expiration date. MichMan Dec 11 #25

So? SocialDemocrat61 Dec 11 #27

The point is that we made the extended subsidies expire when we had the majority EdmondDantes_ Dec 12 #34

I understand all that SocialDemocrat61 Dec 12 #36

Don't get sick, folks. MustBeTheBooz Dec 11 #17

Can we say a DEMOCRATIC PARTY Senate? ProudMNDemocrat Dec 11 #20

No surprise! January 30 , another repeat of the government closing Bread and Circuses Dec 11 #26

How many people Traildogbob Dec 11 #28

My heart goes out to you in your Jspur Dec 12 #33

Damn them. Their cruelty has been/is heinous. electric_blue68 Dec 12 #31