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A Dozen Republican Lawmakers Sign Letter
in Support of Extending Affordable Care
Act Subsidies

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 12/5/2025 3:30:44 AM

A dozen Republican lawmakers signed a letter in conjunction with Democrats supporting the extension of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).Signed by both Republicans and Democrats while addressed to bipartisan leadership in both chambers of Congress, the letter, titled the “CommonGround 2025: A Bipartisan Health Care Framework,” proposes extensions on health insurance premium savings for Americans.Dear Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries: Please find attached ‘CommonGround 2025: A Bipartisan Health Care Framework,’ our proposal outlining an extension of health insurance premium savings for American families,” the letter begins.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: lakerman1 12/5/2025 4:07:26 AM (No. 2037553)
IT IS TIME TO KILL THE INSANE OBAMACARE, AND LET INSURANCE COMPANIES SELL HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES THAT PEOPLE NEED. AS IT STANDS, A 50 YEAR OLD SINGLE LESBIAN WOMAN WHO IS MENOPAUSAL, HAS TO PURCHASE A POLICY THAT COVERS PREGNANCY. And that is just one example of the stupidity of the kenyan klown and his kohort.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: anniebc 12/5/2025 4:37:01 AM (No. 2037555)
Affordable care that requires subsidies is the affordability that President Trump spoke of when he says the left is lying about affordability.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 12/5/2025 4:48:43 AM (No. 2037556)
Republicans promised they would get rid of Obamacare Day One --- back in 2017. Promises made, promises not kept. The extension of subsidies to those making 1000% of the Federal Poverty Level? Republicans signing this should be named and up to be primaried. We never get anything from Republicans. Trump is all we have.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chance_232 12/5/2025 5:30:45 AM (No. 2037558)
This is all about the 2026 mid-term election. Take away the subsidies and we lose the house. Its that simple. If we had a 100 seat majority, it would be a slam dunk. What we want, and what wins elections are often not the same thing.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: skacmar 12/5/2025 6:33:46 AM (No. 2037580)
#1 hit the nail on the head. Want to fix Obama Care? Get rid of mandatory coverages. Let people opt out of coverages they don't need. A 64, single, male, vasectomy doesn't need maternity coverage. There are several other mandatory coverages that are not ridiculous for me to have. That Obama care must be subsidies shos the fallacy of the "affordability" part of the alleged Affordable Care Act.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 12/5/2025 7:23:29 AM (No. 2037595)
Whatever solution is chosen, get the government out of it. We have had it with insurance companies who are allowed to dictate laws.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Mcscow sailor 12/5/2025 8:00:08 AM (No. 2037605)
And where would the $$ come from? We are already in debt and going deeper in debt….and debt dollars depreciate currency, eg create inflation. Inflation hits low incomes the hardest.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Venturer 12/5/2025 8:22:24 AM (No. 2037613)
Obamacare is screwing us, if we turn it over to Insurance companies they will screw us. There is no real answer and people in Congress who get their share of the loot are certainly not going to work for one.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Encore 12/5/2025 8:59:13 AM (No. 2037644)
Follow the money, investigate these GOP lawmakers. I’ll guarantee you they’re siphoning money from taxpayers. If so, prosecute them into oblivion.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Mad Dog 12/5/2025 10:19:34 AM (No. 2037685)
As is always true " follow the money " from the insurance companies into the pockets of politicians, both D and R.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 12/5/2025 10:30:57 AM (No. 2037695)
Of course they did. Congress hopes to make Trump a blip on a radar screen that disappears once his second term is over. Our government is a farce, both parties.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Kate318 12/5/2025 11:26:20 AM (No. 2037735)
Curiously enough, the article doesn’t name any of these “bipartisan lawmakers.”
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Reply 13 - Posted by: crashnburn 12/5/2025 12:51:42 PM (No. 2037789)
If the ACA required subsidies to be "affordable" it was never affordable. The ACA was supposed to be pit stop on the way to universal "health" care aka socialized medicine. Socialized medicine has failed wherever it has been tried, at least for the everyday citizens. The "elites" are well cared for, not so much the rest of the people.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: cor-vet 12/5/2025 1:10:16 PM (No. 2037796)
OPM is easy to spend, no matter which party you are in! Screw to working taxpayer, and buy those votes!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: MickTurn 12/5/2025 2:34:58 PM (No. 2037844)
We need Names, they all need to Be done away with........................politically! The Ass Crap Act doesn't save a penny, it's just another Democrap SCAM to STEAL OUR MONEY!
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Reply 16 - Posted by: DVC 12/5/2025 4:04:11 PM (No. 2037892)
RINOs, stinking, stupid, rotten RINOs.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Kafka2 12/6/2025 9:35:02 AM (No. 2038112)
The supplement that covers 80% of the cost of ObamaCare should only be extended for one year to not leave recipients without insurance while a new plan is developed to replace it. If Congress could produce the ACA in less than a years time, they have no excuse for taking longer than a year to replace it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Griller1 12/6/2025 3:25:47 PM (No. 2038243)
Look Mom: We're about to get screwed again by the people who are supposed to protect u s and make our lives better.
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