Yeah. Why did you make those tax credit subsidies end in 2025 then?

@grok who passed the emergency subsidies on the ACA and when was it extended and by whom? When were the emergency subsidies set to expire? Is this really "Trump making you pay more for healthcare" or simply something Dems put into place with an expiration date?

People on SNAP and Federal Employees did not enlist to be on the front lines in this fight. Democrats have no real power here and the best possible outcome is that now everyone understands which party is at fault for increases health care premiums.

Every day democrats should challenge trump and republicans to show their plans to reduce healthcare costs. Not only don’t they have any plans,but reducing the costs of America’s for profit healthcare is impossible, without government subsidies.

Why is it called Obamacare then

Wait, so which is it? The line up until now has been that Republicans were shutting down the government. Now, you're shutting down the government because you aren't getting what you want? That's what you're saying right?

You allowed a vote on a deal you didn’t support? Resign.

Sir! Zero Republicans voted for Obamacare. Zero! Pelosi said you had to pass the bill to see what’s in it. Roberts dragged Obama across the goal line with the “tax” justification ruling.

one more strongly-worded letter ought to do it.

“This is so devastating for American families that I’m going to make it worse…”

Obamacare's premium subsidies *are* the expense—your tax dollars propping up a system that exploded costs by mandating coverage for everything from acupuncture to gender reassignment while shielding insurers from real risk. Average family premiums jumped from ~$13K pre-ACA to over $22K today, even *with* subsidies masking the sting for some. Dems didn't "ram it down throats"—they bribed the middle class with other people's money, then act shocked when the bill comes due under a new sheriff. Blaming Trump for refusing to refill the punch bowl isn't principle; it's addiction withdrawal.

"Republican made" without a Republican vote? No.

So the Democrat-created Affordable Care Act is causing a "Republican-made health care crisis."

Who created the aca, chuck? Pretty sure it wasn’t the republicans.

Senator Schumer, Well well well, if it isn't the maestro of manufactured crises! Let's talk about this "Republican-made health care crisis" you're peddling like some two-bit carnival barker trying to sell snake oil to folks who've forgotten what you said just SIX MONTHS AGO. First off, let me address that chart you're spreading around like gospel truth. You want to talk about premium increases? Let's examine YOUR party's track record, shall we? That fancy little graph conveniently ignores some rather inconvenient facts. Average annual family health insurance premiums jumped from around $6,000 in 2000 to approximately $27,000 projected in 2025. But here's the kicker that would make even a three-card monte dealer blush with shame—the steepest increases happened AFTER the passage of YOUR precious Affordable Care Act in 2010. That red line on the chart marking Obama's presidency? That's when premiums EXPLODED upward faster than a bottle rocket on the Fourth of July. And let's be crystal clear about federal subsidies, since you're playing fast and loose with the numbers like a riverboat gambler with marked cards. Federal health insurance subsidies per capita skyrocketed from roughly $4,800 in 2000 to over $13,000 projected by 2025. You're asking taxpayers to foot an increasingly obscene bill to prop up an insurance system that YOUR party created, and then you have the unmitigated gall to blame Republicans when YOU refuse to pass a CLEAN continuing resolution? Now, about that video where you're announcing you're voting NO on reopening the government—let's discuss your rather selective memory regarding clean CRs, shall we? This is LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME EVER you've voted against a clean CR after supporting them 29 CONSECUTIVE TIMES. Twenty-nine times, Chuck! You voted YES twenty-nine out of thirty times since 2017 on clean CRs—including THIRTEEN TIMES under Biden. But suddenly, when it's YOUR party blocking government funding, the dimwit switch flips and clean CRs become "unacceptable"? Let me refresh that memory of yours, since you seem to be suffering from a convenient case of political amnesia thicker than pea soup fog. In December 2018, you said—and I quote—"The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you. And they won't even come to the table to negotiate a bipartisan CR to reopen the government." Wait, what was that Chuck? "Won't even come to the table to negotiate a bipartisan CR"? Sounds like you understood back then that CRs were THE RIGHT THING TO DO. But here's where your hypocrisy becomes so thick you could cut it with a butter knife and serve it at Sunday dinner. Your party's "ransom note" demands include extending $1.5 TRILLION in temporary COVID relief—that's enough money that if you stacked one-dollar bills, it would reach approximately 102,000 MILES HIGH, which is 408 TIMES TALLER THAN MOUNT EVEREST and would get you almost HALFWAY TO THE MOON. If those dollars were laid end to end, they would wrap around the EARTH'S EQUATOR 5,884 TIMES. That translates to adding $18,750 per taxpayer to our debt! And let's address the elephant in the room that you're pretending is just a really large dust bunny—you're holding 42 MILLION SNAP recipients hostage, active-duty MILITARY hostage, air traffic CONTROLLERS hostage, and TSA AGENTS hostage until you get YOUR way on ACA subsidy extensions. Remember when YOUR OWN PARTY said that taking hostages was wrong? Barack Obama in 2013: "You don't get to demand a ransom for doing your job—to keep the government running." So when YOUR PARTY demands $1.5 trillion as the price for reopening government, that's NOT ransom? That's some fascinating double-standard gymnastics that would make an Olympic athlete jealous. Nancy Pelosi, 2018-2019: "We're not hostage to your wall. Reopen the government." Really appreciate that sentiment, Madam Speaker. So when your caucus does THE EXACT SAME THING, that's somehow different? Hakeem Jeffries, 2022: "Republicans are holding the government and the American people hostage to their extreme agenda." Congressman Jeffries called the Republican clean CR "a partisan Republican spending bill" when he KNOWS IT'S A CLEAN CR. Here's Quinn's Law #22 for you, Senator: "Liberals love democracy unless it doesn't go their way." And Quinn's Law #23: "Liberals love the law unless they don't agree with it. Then they just don't obey it." Even two of your own colleagues couldn't stomach the rank hypocrisy dripping from your caucus like syrup from a leaky maple tree. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto broke ranks and voted WITH REPUBLICANS, saying: "This was wrong when Republicans did it, and it's the same now." Senator John Fetterman joined her: "It was wrong when Republicans did this. Now it's our party—it's wrong." @elonmusk #CleanCRNow #SchumerHypocrisy #EndTheShutdown #DemocratsBlockingGovernment #QuinnsLawsOfLiberalism #ArticleISection8 #CongressControlsThePurse

Hahahaha! You tried to use the shutdown to get something you couldn’t get through regular order - an extension of the ACA premium subsidies that have an expiration date you also supported - to obscure the horrific effect Obamacare has had on healthcare premiums and costs.

You held the country hostage for nothing.

HYPOCRISY at its best - here is you in 2013

False. The ACA was entirely conceived of, and passed by Democrats with Republican resistance. The current subsides and their expiration date was put in place entirely by Democrats. The rise in health care coverage costs rests entirely on the shoulders of Democrats.

@SenSchumer-how many more kids have to ration inhalers while you defend Cadillac healthcare for non-citizens? Eight-point-four million uninsured taxpayers-many scraping by on overtime-are funding zero-deductible transplants and $12K biologic shots they'll never see. 131% premium hikes. Forty percent doctor drought. One-hundred-and-thirty-six rural hospitals dead since the ACA you love so much. And still-you won't blink. Because twenty lobbyists wired you half a million to keep the machine humming. This isn't leadership. This is sponsorship. End the shutdown. End the grift. Let Americans breathe.

You're voting against paying 1.4 million people. Because...Obamacare.

Registered Democrat here, After voting 14 times NO to pay your constituents who are federal workers, you voted NO today as well. You are prioritizing your politics over your voters, and that’s when you know it’s time to resign. Do it for us Chuck, don’t make us demand it.

Resign

Great job Chuck!

Which party was responsible for / voted for to make ACA a thing, because it would be their crisis... I'll wait for your answer.

Republicans are saying it is Democrats who are responsible for the government being closed for business. I have heard some discussion about giving health insurance to people who are here without permission from the government as the main reason for their concern about the Democrat's proposals.I feel like we need to maintain the ability for our citizens to obtain affordable, excellent quality health coverage for our families. I also feel like we must provide emergency coverage for anyone who is currently living here. It is the right thing to do. So is making sure our citizens are not going hungry! I am not sure who is to blame for all of this, does it really matter? Open the government. Thanks!

To anyone reading this comment, just know that Chuck Schumer is likely getting verbally assaulted by the likes of AOC.

This is gaslighting. The problem was made by everyone, and some of it is just because of the huge population numbers and wanting to see everyone taken care of, but there being an annual budget and also we live in a capitalist country not a socialist one. It’s a product of all the little things, doctors want paid, pharma workers want their cut, big houses, fast cars, yachts and trips to Spain. America is capitalism. Do you hate your country?

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You got zilch.

Mmmhmmm. - Meanwhile, here’s what what’s left of your voter base saw:

The ACA has fewer than 7% of Americans enrolled. The subsidies were from Covid era relief funds. Covid ended 4+ years ago. The other 93% of us get NO relief. This is purely a combination of @TheDemocrats lobbying for their insurance company donors and desperately wanting the ACA to become another entitlement program.

Your "no" vote is just theater to mask how you let those 8 retiring Dems sell out millions on ACA subsidies for a clean CR surrender to Trump, resign and let progressives lead.