GOP defections to force a vote to extend Obama Care subsidies. BREAKING!

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Originally Posted by ICU 812

I have never quite gotten why the "Affordable Care Act". needed subsidies in the first place . . .because the economy was shut down during the Covid panic? Well, if that is accepted as a justification . . . . now that the pandemic panic is over, why do we still need a subsidy at all?

All of this is directly attributable to the progressive left. How does any "blame" for this leftist fiasco fall on the Republicans?

Liken it to a person who doesn't vote. They are not allowed to debate/argue politics.

So, when the Party of No refused to offer any legislation on healthcare and invested their energies to tear down the other parties plan, they created the fiasco that you refer to.

Good legislation comes about when all sides have input.

I keep saying that. And MTG admitted y'all maggies haven't had a "concept of a plan" for many years.

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Study more, and you’ll get it.

"Study" and "Maggies" are mutually exclusive terms.

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Originally Posted by bb1961

This UNaffordable care act is completely on the dems. ZERO support from the GOP and rightfully so.

President Trump tried to get the ACA repealed in his first term. That failed because three Republican Senators voted no. They were Sen Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Sen Susan Collins of Maine and the late Sen John McCain of Arizona.

So, you can't say there was never Republican support for the ACA.

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Originally Posted by ICU 812

I have never quite gotten why the "Affordable Care Act". needed subsidies in the first place . . .because the economy was shut down during the Covid panic? Well, if that is accepted as a justification . . . . now that the pandemic panic is over, why do we still need a subsidy at all?

All of this is directly attributable to the progressive left. How does any "blame" for this leftist fiasco fall on the Republicans?

The subsidies are in the original ACA legislation because it can be very expensive for the health insurance companies to sell a health insurance policy to someone that is "Already Sick" or has a pre-existing medical condition. Ex a person has high blood sugar or high blood cholesterol or has bad kidneys and needs dialysis treatment every day. If the health insurance company gets stuck with too many of these types of policyholders they won't make a profit and seek a increase in premium for the next year. Thus, Obamacare premiums have been increasing at an exponential rate ever since the Risk Corridor program of the ACA legislation was removed. This was led by Sen Rubio of Florida.

Read the sections on Individual mandate, Subsidies and Risk Management in the Wiki link below and it will explain why the subsidies were put in the legislation originally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act