When in Jan. are we talking about?

Can always depend on your threads!!

I hope this is why.

It will not be of use for anyone in 2026 … they will have already signed up or declined coverage

offer a new "open enrollment" period for everyone (which normally isn't a big thing because "life changes" like job changes, marriage, children, etc., allow for enrollment changes already).

Millions already missed Dec 15 because they looked at the non-subsidized prices and said "welp, we can't do that!". I know such people, in fact.

You'd think they'd "have to" re-open but couldn't you just see GQP assholes being like "that's a condition, you can't re-open enrollment for this year" or insisting on similar bullshit conditions that Trump told them to insist on? I'm wouldn't count on that particular chicken yet, even if the bill passes, that's another thing we need to make happen as part of it. The assholes will probably not want to.

Still this is good news for a lot of people if it passes and it's a FU to Trump, so that's cool too.

Republicans can't govern. They don't want government to work. And when their constituents demand that parts of government work, Republicans have no idea what to do.

If people signed up for an Exchange policy, then I guess they could simply get a rebate of any charges paid so far.

If people went without insurance because they couldn't afford anything without the subsidy, then an open enrollment period would work.

But what about people who bought something else? For example, some people might sign up for those fake religious exemption "faith sharing" plans because that was better than nothing? Can they get their money back from those crooks and buy an Exchange policy?

And what about a person who couldn't afford to sign up, but then required hospitalization in January? Will that be covered retroactively?

THis is such a waste and all could have been avoided if Johnson had not closed down the house for 2 months and fought a resolution every step of the way.

Yesterday while I was cooking I listened to a podcast and a Dem congressman brought that up. It has been on my mind, too. He said that "naturally, any deal would have to have the retroactive thing included in the deal and the Jan. 2026 over payments would be refunded".

At this point I've had too many disappointments over this BS and I don't have any hope for anything anymore. It is all too fucked up and we know that MAGA's agenda is to first bankrupt us then kill us.

Most of the beneficiaries are living in red states...I guarantee they will enjoy the lesser permiums and then vote Trump and GOP..

it's like a survey I saw of Kentucky when residents said they loved KenCare but hated Obamacare..which was the same damn thing!.

Call me heartless but these clowns will not change until they feel the pinch.

Let them feel the responsibility for their votes..

if there are some decent people that get burned, well there were plenty of decent people that got killed or wounded in WW2, my father being one.

I know some will say I am heartless son-of-a-bitch but our democracy depends on throughly discrediting Trump and the whole damn GOP! And shielding these bastards from the consequences of their action will not do it!

Oh it's not gonna pass in any quick fashion.

Even if the House passes it next month, it goes to the Senate where Thune could sit on it forever - at least until his constituents "cry uncle" and he starts accepting any "behind the scenes" negotiations, and compromises for some kind of extension. And if they do that (passing something that is different from the House version), then it has to go BACK to the House for a vote or Amendments... yadda yadda yadda.

And even if the House version DID pass the Senate (without Amendments), 45 would veto it, quick, fast, and in a hurry, and there would not be enough votes to override the veto.

What this does though, is to show the American public, WHO is on their side, and all the efforts the Democratic Party is going through to help.

When you say that. My 3 year old granddaughter is on the ACA. We are sweating this in our household.

Trump's name will not be on the ballot.

To pass anything the Democrats are in favor of requires a bipartisan majority since the Democrats are in the minority. The fact that the discharge petition got the required signatures means at least 4 Republicans had to sign, and if they signed the dicharge petition, they would naturally be expected to vote for the legislation.

But like the sudden reversal of fortune that happened after the discharge petition for release of the Epstein files occurred, where 218 originally signed, and out of nowhere, a fusillade of Republicans joined with their support along with 45, then you never know how it will go until it goes...

H.R.4405 - Epstein Files Transparency Act

That passed 427 - 1 in the House AFTER a 7 week STALL by MAGat Mike swearing in the member who would be signature #218, and passed by "unanimous consent" in the Senate.

It could be a similar situation as what often happens in the Senate with "cloture", where GOP members will vote for cloture to allow debate to commence and will then vote against final passage.

If they can find a way to "spin" something in what they believe will be "their favor", then they will hypocritically switch to a "different side" at any point.

"Jeffries says House 'will pass' ObamaCare subsidies extension 'with a bipartisan majority" is not news. It was a foregone conclusion as soon as the discharge petition got the necessary signatures.

To be clear, I'm referring to Jeffries statement being pointless - it's a forgone conclusion.

to force his will, we will have to see, or as they say in football parlance - "When the clock hits zero zero zero".

Yes with 218 signatures, it SHOULD pass like the Epstein Files thing but nothing in the past year has been consistently "predictable" and MAGA Mike has found ways to thwart and dip and dodge and also threaten and "promise" with lies.

What GOP and Trump will not do.

Allow anyone to buy into Medicare at cheaper rates than private insurance.

This would provide some competition to private insurance.

But that is not the type of competition that GOP wants.

The sickest people will buy into Medicare and everyone else will buy private insurance, which will have lower rates since their risk pool will have had the risk moved out to Medicare.

No, the only solution is universal health care or "Medicare for all," like the rest of the industrialized world. Even Iraq has it since we built it into their new constitution. That gives the largest risk pool which means lower rates for every individual (enhanced by the absence of the billion-dollar-a-year parasites in the insurance corporate offices.)

... what with a significant majority of their constituents about to get crushed by medical debt because of their hateful and vindictive votes, just who the hell are Republicans trying to please, 'cause it sure as hell ain't the people they're supposed to be representing. Oh... right... HIM. That tracks.
The people that elected them and pay the salaries that they barely do anything to earn, and certainly don't deserve, come in a distant second to the psychotic monster smearing ketchup all over the Oval Office, and trashing America's reputation all over the planet. Well, they'd better update their resumés, 'cause shit's gonna get real come the midterms.

Remember that, you dumb-ass undecided voters.

like… The Unfuck America Act.