Spelunking helmet, just the thing for caving
Democrats limited knowledge of anatomy
So, Democrats got their promised vote on extending the ACA (Obamacare) subsidies, and Republicans put up a phony bill in opposition and killed them both.
When Chuck Schumer orchestrated this capitulation, anyone with any integrity or courage noted that he was giving up for nothing, but the airlines are big donors to the Senate Minority Leader, and Thanksgiving was coming up, so he arranged for the usual suspects to flip.
And now we have the proof:
Subsidies for the Affordable Care Act appear set to expire for millions of Americans at the end of the year after competing health care related bills failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday.
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans chose to release separate partisan proposals. Both parties are under pressure to address health care costs before the expiration of federal subsidies meant to lower the cost of premiums on ACA plans. Those subsidies expire at the end of 2025 and are expected to cause prices to skyrocket.
Both bills needed 60 votes to advance, but neither succeeded.
The Republican-backed plan failed by a vote of 51 to 48. The measure, authored by Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, would have provided up to $1,500 a year in payments for health savings accounts for Americans earning less than 700% of the federal poverty level.
However the bill would not have extended the ACA tax credits and the money could not be used to pay for health care premiums. Deductibles for those plans average around $7,000, according to data from the health policy organization KFF.
I place the blame firmly on Schumer and the Democratic Party establishment (There is no Democratic Party establishment) because it was patently obvious how Republicans would treat their promise for a vote.
It's like the story of the frog and the scorpion. You do not blame the scorpion, it's in their nature.
What a bunch of worthless and feckless schlemiels.
Unfortunately, it is the rest of us are the schlimazels left soaked in soup.
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