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.

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    3 hours ago

    No one was actually going to lose their jobs…what they did was illegal. Back pay was also a guarantee…that’s just how shutdowns work. And there was $26B in funds available for the federal government to use for SNAP…they just acted like they didn’t know how to access it.

    The Democrats gave away their leverage for things that were already going to happen.

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      2 hours ago

      So no one has lost their jobs and prevented wages going out and the administration hasn’t done anything illegal? And the illegal things they have done were reversed by ALL the courts just in time for the holiday season when things like jobs and money are sort of important to some people?

      And - Wow! - they were going to totally use the SNAP money any minute now? Well that’s a relief to know they’re not evil incompetent fascist crooked bastards who would roar with laughter at the idea of families not having enough to eat.

      Gosh when you put it like that, everything was going to be a Happy Christmas to all and dog bless us -everyone!

      But, i doubt it. My reasons include everything they’ve done and everything they are.