Turns out that the Schumer Shutdown is about expanding Obamacare BIGLY and making YOU pay for it

H.R. 5371 is a "clean" short-term CR that maintains federal funding at fiscal year (FY) 2025 levels through November 21, 2025 (or until full FY2026 appropriations are enacted).


  • Key Provisions (per Congressional Budget Office and bill text):
    • Continues appropriations from the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4) for all 12 annual spending bills.
    • Extends select expiring programs (e.g., community health centers, special diabetes programs) but excludes Democratic priorities like ACA PTC extensions or Medicaid enhancements.
    • No new spending, cuts, or policy riders—described by House Appropriations Committee Republicans as "responsible action to keep our government open... without partisan add-ons."

  • Why is Schumer stalling? It's a neutral bridge to allow FY2026 negotiations. Democrats, led by Stallin' Chuck Schumer, oppose it as insufficient, demanding PTC extensions to avert a made up "health care crisis" during Obamacare open enrollment (starting November 1, 2025). Senate Democrats have filibustered against keeping the government open because their alternative (S. 2882) failed 47–53 votes.
 
FastLane said:
If Obama care was a good thing it wouldn't need to be subsidized by the tax payer.
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It has subsidies for the poor baked into it already.

Stallin' Schumer is demanding MORE, and PERMANENT subsidies.

Democrats demand permanent ACA premium tax credit expansion; extra Medicaid funds to eliminate coverage gaps, and extended Medicare telehealth rules through 2025.

Democrats demand the elimination of the income cap (previously 400% of the federal poverty level, or FPL) for subsidy eligibility, making ACA marketplace plans accessible for higher-income individuals FOREVER.

Democrats also demand an increase in subsidy amounts, reducing premiums for lower- and middle-income households. For example, a family of four earning $40,000 annually might see monthly premiums drop from $300 to $100 or less.

All funded by taxpayers.

This year, the CBO estimated that making enhanced PTCs (that's what the subsidies are officially called by deceitful Democrats) permanent would cost $250–$300 billion over 10 years (2026–2035). This includes $200 billion for PTCs and $50 billion for related cost-sharing reductions. These costs arise from higher subsidy payments and increased enrollment.

Meanwhile, Democrats have chosen to shut down the government, but we can reopen it tomorrow. All it takes is a handful of Democrats to join Republicans to pass the clean Continuing Resolution (CR) that Stallin' Schumer stymied ELEVEN TIMES so far.
 
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