Discussion Government shutdown as Democrats want extended healthcare subsidies: what are your thoughts?
Discussion Government shutdown as Democrats want extended healthcare subsidies: what are your thoughts?
Yesterday, 10:30 AM
HUD website blames looming shutdown on ‘Radical Left’ “The Far Left is barreling our country toward a shut down, which will hurt all Americans. At HUD, we are working to keep critical services online and support our most vulnerable. Why is the media more focused on a banner than reporting on the impact of a shutdown on the American people?” HUD spokesman Matthew Maley wrote in response to questions from Federal News Network.
The messaging comes as House and Senate Democratic leadership say they won’t budge unless Republicans agree to extend healthcare subsidies set to expire at the end of this year. The White House and Republican leaders are pushing for a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution.
From https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/09/hud-website-blames-looming-shutdown-on-radical-left/?readmore=1
Regarding this government shutdown, my primary dislike is seeing how the Trump administration continues to put accelerant on the dumpster fire that is the political polarization of the United States.
Whether or not I support the shutdown, I don't know. At this point I'm too tired to care. The Trump administration will continue destroying democracy whether there is a government shutdown or not.
I'm more interested in what people's thoughts are on the specific reason Democrats are doing the shutdown: extending the healthcare subsidies.
I saw a post yesterday on Reddit where somebody was stressing out because their premiums were going to jump to $400 a month due to the healthcare subsidies being cut by the budget. I'm sure there are many more posts like this out there, which gives the Democrats some leverage. People are going to be pissed if their already expensive healthcare costs go up.
However, I feel like if we take a step back, doesn't this just show how inefficient and overpriced our useless for-profit healthcare system is? So from my understanding, since the ACA was enacted, we have been subsidizing health insurance plans for people? So our tax dollars are going towards funding private for profit healthcare plans? (Please correct me if I'm wrong, I need to look this up more when I get home.)
I feel conflicted, because I want every United States citizen to have health care, but I absolutely abhor this private for profit health insurance system that we have. Continuing to subsidize it doesn't seem like a big win to me... At the same time, obviously understand that if it's not subsidized, people's lives are immediately going to get worse. This sucks.
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HUD website blames looming shutdown on ‘Radical Left’ “The Far Left is barreling our country toward a shut down, which will hurt all Americans. At HUD, we are working to keep critical services online and support our most vulnerable. Why is the media more focused on a banner than reporting on the impact of a shutdown on the American people?” HUD spokesman Matthew Maley wrote in response to questions from Federal News Network.
The messaging comes as House and Senate Democratic leadership say they won’t budge unless Republicans agree to extend healthcare subsidies set to expire at the end of this year. The White House and Republican leaders are pushing for a “clean” seven-week continuing resolution.
From https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2025/09/hud-website-blames-looming-shutdown-on-radical-left/?readmore=1
Regarding this government shutdown, my primary dislike is seeing how the Trump administration continues to put accelerant on the dumpster fire that is the political polarization of the United States.
Whether or not I support the shutdown, I don't know. At this point I'm too tired to care. The Trump administration will continue destroying democracy whether there is a government shutdown or not.
I'm more interested in what people's thoughts are on the specific reason Democrats are doing the shutdown: extending the healthcare subsidies.
I saw a post yesterday on Reddit where somebody was stressing out because their premiums were going to jump to $400 a month due to the healthcare subsidies being cut by the budget. I'm sure there are many more posts like this out there, which gives the Democrats some leverage. People are going to be pissed if their already expensive healthcare costs go up.
However, I feel like if we take a step back, doesn't this just show how inefficient and overpriced our useless for-profit healthcare system is? So from my understanding, since the ACA was enacted, we have been subsidizing health insurance plans for people? So our tax dollars are going towards funding private for profit healthcare plans? (Please correct me if I'm wrong, I need to look this up more when I get home.)
I feel conflicted, because I want every United States citizen to have health care, but I absolutely abhor this private for profit health insurance system that we have. Continuing to subsidize it doesn't seem like a big win to me... At the same time, obviously understand that if it's not subsidized, people's lives are immediately going to get worse. This sucks.
Kozlik's regular member account. 🍀🐐