Democrats' 'solution': throw money at ACA

It's now official. The House Democrats' so-called solution to the UNAffordable Care Act subsidies is to extend it. According to the Hill, "House Democratic leaders on Tuesday will propose a three-year extension of the soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies at the center of the shutdown fight."

Hakeem Jeffries, the embattled House Minority Leader, is pushing for the extension as an amendment during the House Rules Committee meeting. Prior to the hearing, Jeffries said "House Republicans: Welcome back from your taxpayer-funded, seven-week vacation. You now have an opportunity to actually take some action in an area of this health care crisis by working with Democrats, before the Rules Committee this evening, to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits."

It shouldn't be lost on voters that Jeffries is acting like the Speaker, not the Minority Leader. Soon, he won't be either, though who would replace him as Minority Leader is still a question.

This is proof that the ACA is a failure:

The ACA tax credits were adopted in 2010, with the creation of ObamaCare, and expanded in 2021 and 2022, under former President Biden, in response to the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s those enhanced subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, and Democrats had demanded Republicans address the issue as a condition of reopening the government during the history-making shutdown.
It never was affordable. If you have to include tax credits in the initial version of the bill, it's a failure. Perhaps, that's why a onne-size-fits-all bill hadn't passed prior to the ACA. Perhaps, that's why it shouldn't be attempted in the future. Look at all the fanfare at the bill signing:

There's no doubt that there needs to be a safety net health care program, it's also without doubt that Democrats passed a defective bill. Now they want the GOP to vote with them so both parties' fingerprints are on the bill.

This was always a poitical stunt heading into election season. For Democrats, it failed miserably. It's what they deserved. As for the solution, who knows what will work? That's the simple truth. Truthfully, there isn't a single magical silver bullet that fixes this problem.

Had Barack Obama been honest from the start, we wouldn't have had to deal with Obamacare.

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