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EdmondDantes_

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12. They died when we didn't win in 2024

Reply to Bobstandard (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 10:31 PM

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How were we going to force the majority party to extend the subsidies? Can you point to an example of something like that happening through a government shutdown? Just because we didn't get them via one path, that doesn't mean we would have gotten them through doing the opposite. Sometimes you just lose.

The two inflection points were the 2024 elections and when we pushed through a 3 year extension of subsidies instead of adding them longer because we were using budget reconciliation and had to make choices to keep the budget neutral.

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Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead [View all] In It to Win It Wednesday OP

...or, How To Lose The Midterms Without Even Trying To Win...nt Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #1

ACA subsidies were dead the moment Dems caved on the shutdown Bobstandard Wednesday #3

They died when we didn't win in 2024 EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #12

They were dead when voters voted for Republicans and not the Democrats that implemented them in the first place. W_HAMILTON Yesterday #14

The subsidies were dead the second Bettie Wednesday #2

Did anyone here believe it? AloeVera Wednesday #7

Why is this a win for the health insurance industry? AZJonnie Wednesday #8

Once the ACA is fully dead Bettie Wednesday #10

Except the extended subsidies have no impact on that EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #11

First step Bettie Yesterday #16

They tried to kill it before and failed EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #20

We'll see Bettie Yesterday #22

Wrong. They've been dead since we lost in 2024. Keeping the government closed would only have pushed federal workers tritsofme Yesterday #23

Color me shocked. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #4

Literally nobody saw this coming. *checks notes* flvegan Wednesday #5

That's how you say "bipartisan" In Republican. (n/t) DJ Synikus Makisimus Wednesday #6

You can't deal with the devil. spanone Wednesday #9

We'll circle back to this in the future EnergizedLib Wednesday #13

My swimming pool guy had to go from a Silver plan to Bronze... sucks. WarGamer Yesterday #15

Why was a time limit on the subsidies ever even put into law? Seeking Serenity Yesterday #17

Of course the ACA is dead. That was the plan. Quick you fuckers give Trump 10 Billion dollars. Autumn Yesterday #18

Will voters remember in November? n/t Jacson6 Yesterday #19

Voters had no one to blame but themselves dsc Yesterday #21