Appearing on the broadcast of CSPAN\u2019s \u201cCeasefire\u201d program on Friday, December 19, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) went nuclear on his party for the budding Obamacare disaster, noting that Obamacare and the temporary subsidies that are expiring at the end of this year are a firmly Democratic creation and thus the budding disaster is not \u201clike a Republican thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As background, part of the change in federal spending reflected in the Big, Beautiful Bill and Continuing Resolutions made to keep the government open is that the temporary Obamacare subsidies, passed as part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan, are ending in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That means the cost of healthcare for the 7% of Americans who use Obamacare plans is set to escalate dramatically, as the subsidies had pushed the cost of healthcare down significantly. As a result, Democrats, despite being the ones who made the subsidies temporary and designed the disastrous Obamacare system, are trying to use the matter as a weapon against conservatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sen. Fetterman pushed back on that during his appearance on \u201cCeasefire\u201d, noting when speaking to Sen. Britt (R-AL) that the whole system was designed by the Democrats and that it is thus their issue, using that to argue that the proper thing to do is try to figure out a deal for a one year subsidy extension with the Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, after touting the benefits of extending the subsidies by one year, he told the Ceasefire host, \u201cI\u2019d like to remind, it\u2019s like, this was our bill, Obamacare. Not a single Republican voted for that, not one. And now, these extensions [were] through COVID, and that was designed by \u2014 designed to expire at the end of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continuing, he reiterated the point that the subsidies were not a \u201cRepublican thing\u201d and had been designed and passed entirely by Democrats, saying, \u201cThat wasn\u2019t like a Republican thing. It was like that was the way it was designed, and now here it is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concluding after that blistering attack on his party\u2019s current talking point, he said, \u201cAnd now it doesn\u2019t require people to agree that it\u2019s all awesome. But what we can agree [on is] that there is not much time to do this and negotiate it. I think some changes are appropriate. But, for me, you don\u2019t have time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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