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leftstreet

(40,744 posts)
11. I think this is dangerous
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 02:48 PM
Nov 2025
Moreover, the political conversation and debate is now firmly on Americans' health care costs and the republicans' efforts to make life harder and more expensive for all Americans, not just Democrats. That's a direct result of the two Democratic leaders' relentless drumbeat about the ACA tax credits...


I don't want to say mark my words, BUT this is going to shift the healthcare conversation away from single payer and back to Bush era bullshit. Health savings accounts, etc.

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What became of that FSA account proposal from the GOP SSJVegeta Nov 2025 #1
"Republican health care crisis" mzmolly Nov 2025 #2
and I'm sure they are losing sleep over millions losing healthcare LOL. nt yaesu Nov 2025 #5
They should lose sleep over losing mzmolly Nov 2025 #10
They aren't in danger of losing their Bettie Nov 2025 #22
All Republican districts are mzmolly Nov 2025 #25
Most of them are Bettie Nov 2025 #31
Time will tell. mzmolly Nov 2025 #34
They don't care...no consequences NotHardly Nov 2025 #43
I disagree. mzmolly Nov 2025 #50
well, they can slop all the lipstick on the shutdown cave pig they want but at the end of the day is still a pig. nt yaesu Nov 2025 #3
should have voted in a majority bigtree Nov 2025 #12
Even when we had the majority, they voted for an expiration date on the enhanced subsidies MichMan Nov 2025 #39
it was a pandemic response, not a straightforward subsidy effort bigtree Nov 2025 #44
Republicans are pigs. mzmolly Nov 2025 #13
Democrats that continually cave to fascists deserve to be flamed LR3 Nov 2025 #4
THIS! berksdem Nov 2025 #6
the vast majority of the party disagreed. bigtree Nov 2025 #46
Oh please LR3 Nov 2025 #54
Use this to show people exactly how evil Republicans are Freddie Nov 2025 #7
If the Democrats are going to go along with this it's not just showing that the Republicans are the ones Autumn Nov 2025 #16
So we totally give up, lose the midterms and install trump as president for life Freddie Nov 2025 #17
Democratic leadership gave up. We did what was required of us and more. nt Autumn Nov 2025 #18
wrong. they put the ball squarely in the repubs court. edisdead Nov 2025 #32
Why would the democrats own it? edisdead Nov 2025 #30
They caved and the republicans will show no mercy. CentralMass Nov 2025 #8
How was the shutdown going to change that? edisdead Nov 2025 #28
We will never know. CentralMass Nov 2025 #45
they still have the majority of Democrats standing against them bigtree Nov 2025 #47
I appreciate you and others trying to be the voice of reason here, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #9
it was a shitty deal bigtree Nov 2025 #24
Do you honestly believe that Krasnov gab13by13 Nov 2025 #33
we got a dead rotten pig in a bloody dripping poke rampartd Nov 2025 #35
I think this is dangerous leftstreet Nov 2025 #11
right now the demand is an extension of ACA subsudies as millions of Americans health costs double bigtree Nov 2025 #20
Sadly BigMin28 Nov 2025 #21
Single payer isn't even in thenpicture edisdead Nov 2025 #27
Restoring the Obamacare subsidies is also not going to happen. gab13by13 Nov 2025 #36
I brought it up BigMin28 Nov 2025 #41
I think you are as right on this as you were on Garland. Autumn Nov 2025 #14
Yep. Exactly. Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #40
I appreciate your positivity berksdem Nov 2025 #15
your reply is unserious bigtree Nov 2025 #29
oh no, i read it a few times actually... berksdem Nov 2025 #48
I wanna be positive too, but I think that's cockeyed optimisim. Happy Hoosier Nov 2025 #19
Rec X 1,000,000!! Sogo Nov 2025 #23
thank you for this bigtree edisdead Nov 2025 #26
Obviously Mikie Sherrill can't see it either gab13by13 Nov 2025 #38
Capitulation is the opposite of pressure but I guess the corporatists & centrists need to spin this as a victory somehow LonePirate Nov 2025 #37
Thank You csusan Nov 2025 #42
That was a very thoughtful post. Quiet Em Nov 2025 #49
Jeffries will be a great Speaker! mcar Nov 2025 #51
" we're going to work hard to hold the Republicans accountable" IcyPeas Nov 2025 #52
So...will this"victory" get SNAP benefits sent out? synni Nov 2025 #53
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