Donald Trump appears poised to announce a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, due to expire at the end of December, while setting new limits on who is eligible to receive the tax credits, according to reports.
Without an extension of Covid-19-era Obamacare subsidies, insurance premiums for nearly 22 million American citizens threaten to more than double early next year, a point made repeatedly by Democrats during the recent 43-day government shutdown, who refused to sign a stopgap spending bill that did not address the problem.
And here after I thought Democrats had complete ownership of the-shutdown-was-a-waste-of-effort, Trump swoops in to extends ACA for no reason in capitulation to no one. Showing that Republicans also were fighting for nothing. Clown government.
Maybe it’s because the shutdown was just a way to fire federal workers and cut benefits?