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Bettie

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2. The subsidies were dead the second

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 08:29 PM

Wednesday

Schumer gave those other senators permission to fold with nothing but a promise for a vote.

Everyone knew that the vote would be NO....and now the subsidies are gone.

What a win....for the health insurance industry.

Did anyone here actually believe that this strategy would work, that the subsidies weren't fully gone?

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Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead [View all] In It to Win It Wednesday OP

...or, How To Lose The Midterms Without Even Trying To Win...nt Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #1

ACA subsidies were dead the moment Dems caved on the shutdown Bobstandard Wednesday #3

They died when we didn't win in 2024 EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #12

They were dead when voters voted for Republicans and not the Democrats that implemented them in the first place. W_HAMILTON Yesterday #14

The subsidies were dead the second Bettie Wednesday #2

Did anyone here believe it? AloeVera Wednesday #7

Why is this a win for the health insurance industry? AZJonnie Wednesday #8

Once the ACA is fully dead Bettie Wednesday #10

Except the extended subsidies have no impact on that EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #11

First step Bettie Yesterday #16

They tried to kill it before and failed EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #20

We'll see Bettie Yesterday #22

Wrong. They've been dead since we lost in 2024. Keeping the government closed would only have pushed federal workers tritsofme Yesterday #23

Color me shocked. BlueTsunami2018 Wednesday #4

Literally nobody saw this coming. *checks notes* flvegan Wednesday #5

That's how you say "bipartisan" In Republican. (n/t) DJ Synikus Makisimus Wednesday #6

You can't deal with the devil. spanone Wednesday #9

We'll circle back to this in the future EnergizedLib Wednesday #13

My swimming pool guy had to go from a Silver plan to Bronze... sucks. WarGamer Yesterday #15

Why was a time limit on the subsidies ever even put into law? Seeking Serenity Yesterday #17

Of course the ACA is dead. That was the plan. Quick you fuckers give Trump 10 Billion dollars. Autumn Yesterday #18

Will voters remember in November? n/t Jacson6 Yesterday #19

Voters had no one to blame but themselves dsc Yesterday #21