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Miles Archer

(22,967 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:52 PM Sep 2025

A lengthy, detailed, terrifying article outlining what a Gov't shutdown would mean for Healthcare

Maybe Schumer and Jeffries need to bring sock puppets to tomorrow's meeting, so they can explain this in a way that Trump would understand.

There's no meaningful way to extract 4 paragraphs on this one. I encourage you to go to the link and read the whole article.

Health Industry Washington Watch
Updates by Reed Smith on U.S. legislative & regulatory developments affecting the health care industry
What could a Government Shutdown mean for the Health Care Industry?
By Matthew Loughran on 25 September 2025

https://www.healthindustrywashingtonwatch.com/2025/09/articles/legislative-developments/what-could-a-government-shutdown-mean-for-the-health-care-industry/





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A lengthy, detailed, terrifying article outlining what a Gov't shutdown would mean for Healthcare (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2025 OP
Trump only cares about how something hurts or helps him personally. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #1
I don't believe that a lot of people know this is coming. Miles Archer Sep 2025 #2
The public seems to sleep walking through Trump's reign of terror. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #3
Well maybe, but ReedSmith don't represent the little person LearnedHand Sep 2025 #4
Bookmarking yellow dahlia Sep 2025 #5

Irish_Dem

(81,075 posts)
1. Trump only cares about how something hurts or helps him personally.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:53 PM
Sep 2025

The American people are not part of the equation.

Miles Archer

(22,967 posts)
2. I don't believe that a lot of people know this is coming.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:57 PM
Sep 2025

I could be wrong. I think that if most people WERE aware of the potential damage here, they'd be making some noise about it. They're not, at least not in the mainstream.

Irish_Dem

(81,075 posts)
3. The public seems to sleep walking through Trump's reign of terror.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:02 PM
Sep 2025

They don't know and don't want to know.

LearnedHand

(5,426 posts)
4. Well maybe, but ReedSmith don't represent the little person
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:04 PM
Sep 2025

Not saying they’re wrong, but I’m holding this with some skepticism. Their wiki page highlights the billionaires and corporate behemoths that have benefited from RS litigation.

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