Democat
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Tax free money doesn’t help with catastrophic costs, like a trip to the ER or a cancer diagnosis.
And, like 401ks and home equity, large HSA/FSA will become a target for finance - people will be tempted and encouraged to tap into it and spend it on non-medical stuff.
And, like 401ks and home equity, large HSA/FSA will become a target for finance - people will be tempted and encouraged to tap into it and spend it on non-medical stuff.
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Tax free money doesn’t help with catastrophic costs, like a trip to the ER or a cancer diagnosis.
And, like 401ks and home equity, large HSA/FSA will become a target for finance - people will be tempted and encouraged to tap into it and spend it on non-medical stuff.
And, like 401ks and home equity, large HSA/FSA will become a target for finance - people will be tempted and encouraged to tap into it and spend it on non-medical stuff.
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Hmmm. Health care conditioned upon employment with a large subsidy going to employers on top of a tax break for them? Just another thinly disguised effort to eliminate the ACA. Transferring the fiscal burden for insurance from the government to business is going backwards and doesn’t benefit people.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Hmmm. Health care conditioned upon employment with a large subsidy going to employers on top of a tax break for them? Just another thinly disguised effort to eliminate the ACA. Transferring the fiscal burden for insurance from the government to business is going backwards and doesn’t benefit people.
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Reality is that the public voted to get rid of the Biden-Harris ACA subsidy increases when they voted in Nov 2024 to give the GOP the House, Senate, & WH.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reality is that the public voted to get rid of the Biden-Harris ACA subsidy increases when they voted in Nov 2024 to give the GOP the House, Senate, & WH.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
Voters are going to have to vote in a D House, Senate, & WH in 2028 if they want those ACA subsidy increases back.
Elections have consequences.
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They spent forty days not capitulating, without a single bit of actual leverage to work with. The deal is bad and I don’t like it, but I still recognize that they don’t actually have anything the GOP wants.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
They spent forty days not capitulating, without a single bit of actual leverage to work with. The deal is bad and I don’t like it, but I still recognize that they don’t actually have anything the GOP wants.
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Reality doesn't enter into his thinking about things like that. You can't let a lunatic be your barometer.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Reality doesn't enter into his thinking about things like that. You can't let a lunatic be your barometer.
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Donald Trump's abiding sense that he can always "own the libs" is not something that's actually connected to reality.
There are times when it works out, and WE think he's right.
But it's also true that HE thinks it's right even when it DOESN'T work out, and he DOESN'T win. He's delusional.
There are times when it works out, and WE think he's right.
But it's also true that HE thinks it's right even when it DOESN'T work out, and he DOESN'T win. He's delusional.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Donald Trump's abiding sense that he can always "own the libs" is not something that's actually connected to reality.
There are times when it works out, and WE think he's right.
But it's also true that HE thinks it's right even when it DOESN'T work out, and he DOESN'T win. He's delusional.
There are times when it works out, and WE think he's right.
But it's also true that HE thinks it's right even when it DOESN'T work out, and he DOESN'T win. He's delusional.
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Let me just put it out there that Donald Trump did not learn any lessons from this Senate shutdown deal. Donald Trump does not learn lessons.
To the extent that he “now knows” that Democrats will cave, he already and always believed that, and would have kept on believing it even if they never did.
To the extent that he “now knows” that Democrats will cave, he already and always believed that, and would have kept on believing it even if they never did.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM