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Originally Posted by Chico23231
Yes playing politics and the Virginia/New Jersey elections were more important for Democrats than funding SNAP benefits. They could have signed the exact same bill 40 days ago. There is no shame with you folks, You applaud it.
Yes lets talk about the failed Obamacare healthcare legislation that has done nothing to help anyone except load more people on it who shouldnt qualify and increased healthcare cost across the country since its inception. Its failed period. And for who? Early retirees:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/aca-...-shutdown.html
Fucking boomers, so again a massive burden on the taxpayers to folks who dont need the help because of comfort of being able to retire early.
The legislation is an absolute failure from what it would say it would do, to what it actually did. Its been a boon for the healthcare industry, though. Great job |
What do you call it when the federal government refuses to use the emergency SNAP benefits and then takes it to court so they can continue to allow people to starve when a judge rules they need to use the funds? They even went as far as to delete mention of the emergency fund from the USDA website. Isn't that political theater?
I am disappointed in the senate democrats no doubt. If that was what they were going to do they should've just done it. Instead they only put off firing federal employees until the end of January and will definitely lose healthcare.
In terms of the ACA the main reason there is majority of Americans approve it (64%) including 19% of republicans which is the highest it has ever been. Is because it allows for coverage of pre existing conditions which is an abject failure of the private system that nobody wants to revert back to. In terms of increased costs comparing what we had to the ACA, the decade before the ACA 2000-2010 premiums went up 8-10% per a year while wage growth was 2-3%. The decade after the ACA enactment premiums went up at a rate of 4-5% while wages went up 2.5-3%. 2020-2023 premiums went up 3-6% while wages went up 4-5%. My sources (Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF Employer Health Benefits Surveys, 20002023), CMS National Health Expenditure Data, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
I am not a fan of the ACA because I believe universal healthcare is the only morally responsible thing for a MDC to do. I also do not like whether my healthcare is decided by the profit margins of a handful of millionaires to billionaires.
So what is the republican solution to this? They have had a decade and have yet to come up with anything in writing. Going back to what we had isn't the answer. I am still waiting for the most favored nation to start reducing pharmaceuticals. There is lots of failure by leadership here.