After teasing a plan by President Donald Trump to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies—currently on track to end within weeks—the White House has indefinitely delayed the announcement under pressure from congressional Republicans, MS NOW reported on Monday.
The last-minute change of plan signals the GOP’s priorities: the party has fought to cut or repeal the ACA since it entered law in 2010, and was uncompromising in opposing the subsidies during the record-breaking government shutdown that ended earlier in November.
The last thing Republican elected officials want to see, the Center for American Progress’ Bobby Kagan posted on social media Monday, is a deal that protects ACA subsidies.
“That’s why they didn’t extend them in OBBBA, and that’s why they kept calling them a ‘December problem’ even though open enrollment began on November 1,” Kagan, the group’s senior director for federal budget policy, wrote.
His power is waning.
Him being a puppet is showing it seems. His mind is gone, whoever he talks to tells him something and he follows that until the next person says different.
Everything he does has always seemed like it’s the wish list republicans have been promising their base for decades. Pinning it all on him is a mistake that lets them scamper back into the walls like cockroaches once he’s gone.
You’re giving him too much credit too. There never was a strategy, only “what’s in it for me?” With a side of “what can I get from letting x do whatever he wants?” In this case he can’t help but see the polls and it doesn’t affect him so why should he care
Not in the shriveled hearts and tiny minds of his base, unfortunately. And Republicans are scared shitless of them.
Bullshit he only wants to do whatever the last person told him to do. He was against them don’t let the media get away with this Bullshit.
They obviously don’t intend to “win” an election ever again. Medicaid and Medicare gets cut? Then republicans are toast in a free and fair election. It’s kind of scary that they don’t care about how this looks.
they cant afford to pay for the TAX cuts at this points.
If I don’t like any news related to Trump, should I downvote, or is there a way to mute the keyword on mbin?
This question shows up every now on c/nostupidquestions, so look it up there.
