I mean, I don't see the point. You could keep people in there, but the GOP intended to kill off the enhanced subsidies. They aren't likely to go reverse themselves. It's not like spending more time in some conference room is going to suddenly change things.

And I would expect that the Democrats don't have any expectation to get sufficient support to change the situation in 2026, but by having an explicit vote on it, they get to bludgeon the Republicans with having explicitly killed it ("see, they don't get to claim that they voted against it for other bundled policy reasons. They really do want to take your health care subsidies away"). That might be advantageous to the Democrats in the midterms, since they have a nice, clear example of the Republicans doing something unpopular that'll be hard to wiggle away from.

The idea is they are supposed to go back to their districts and hold things like open halls and listen to their constituents.

Doesn't happen these days

That's not true,they work really hard! There's a lot of lobbyists to talk to, campaigning for re-election constantly, and donor parties where they have to get their marching orders

Also, don't forget that Chuck Schumer was too chickenshit to vote with these assholes despite orchestrating the surrender.

Fuck Chuck. And also, every single republican.

I mean they only did a continuing resolution so they can 100% force the issue again. Maybe once the average American actually sees the increase they'll care.

Personally I think this was the strategy from the beginning, but the way they played it made them look really weak.

There's also a very good possibility they are juat bumbling around with no real strategy.

They were willing to keep it closed while citizens went hungry, but as soon as the airports starting getting affected, and corporations found it inconvenient to move their operatives around the country, the DINOs sold us out and folded really quickly.

And that keeps people strapped to jobs where they are routinely abused and underpaid, because they are terrified to lose their health care, which is probably horrendous anyway. Most employer-supported insurance programs have high premiums and high deductibles, and aren't any better than Obamacare. Obamacare just allowed those without health care to buy into a similar, but equally poor, system.

Companies love having health care tied to employment, because it helps their retention rates. That's one of the reason they oppose Obamacare. People are afraid to switch jobs, and lose their health care. Even if the new job offers health care, it is often 6 months before a new hire can access it, and many people can't go six months without health care.

People who are comfortably employed with health care, aren't going to rock the boat for 20% of the population. But imagine if they're told that their new health insurance will be better than what they have now, AND be free. Beyond that, it will also free up the health care costs that your employer was paying, and counting as part of your compensation. Without the burden of paying for health care, they can now be mandated by the government to pay the employee those health care funds directly, in the form of a fatter paycheck.

Your health care will get better, it will be free, and you'll get a fat raise at work, whether your employer likes it or not. Who wouldn't vote for that?

I had open enrollment through my work last month and those prices were 35% higher for us each paycheck as well. I emailed my reps in NC but they dont care about their constituents.

The MAGAs lost the Abortion issue when they let the dog catch the car. The Dems aren't going to be that dumb. Now they've got Health Care to run on for the next few elections, so the last thing they'll want is to solve that problem, and lose their main campaign bludgeon.