And there you have it- the death of the subsidies is here. Trump is demanding direct payments to the people of cash for the ACA subsidies, or he won’t sign it. Of course that won’t work, I know you’re thinking it. People will pocket it. People will buy junk plans. It’s literally just a give away. Yes, you’re right.

Chuck already put abortion access in danger with this stupid deal. Now it’s the whole Affordable Care Act. Giving 8 votes to the GOP to re-open the government was political malpractice, and bad government. It was never a good idea. The most leverage they had to get the subsidies back was in the shutdown. Now Trump is going to say he wants to give the subsidies straight to the people, instead of the companies. And guess what? The GOP Congress will go with that. Democrats will probably end up voting no. A lot of that money will never get to health care, and a lot will go to junk plans. The system will collapse.

Fetterstein and Sleepy Chuck strike again.