The Republican House Speaker has talked to Seante Dem Patty Murray about a ‘deal’ to keep the Obanacare Benefits like Democrats are holding out to Do….
Now we have Trump coming BACK to this promise to ‘Keep’ Healthcare Benefits, while saying to someone else that Obamacare ios broken….
Obamacare is NOT going anywhere….
The Democrats seem to have the Republicans creeping back to the table via Healthcare , which polliong indicated Americans do NOT want significant cuts in availablity….
President Trump on Monday indicated he was willing to making a deal with Democrats on health care, an issue that has been at the center of the ongoing government shutdown.
“We have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things. And I’m talking about good things with regard to health care,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
Trump declined to say whether he was meeting with Democratic leaders.
Asked if he was open to making a deal on Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats want to see extended ahead of potential premium increases, Trump said he would be open to it.
“If we made the right deal, I’d make a deal. Sure,” Trump said. “You have subsidies, that’s the problem with ObamaCare. The subsidies are so much, it’s billions and billions of dollars is being wasted. And we could have a much better health care than we have right now. And we’re talking to them. I’m not saying that’s going to happen.”…
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“If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down and get something done on healthcare for American families, Democrats will be there — ready to make it happen,” Schumer added….
The Senate on Monday pushed the government shutdown to the one-week mark as Democrats blocked the GOP’s “clean” stopgap funding bill from advancing for a fifth time.
Senators voted 52-42 on the House-passed bill, which needed 60 votes to advance and would have funded the government at Biden-era spending levels until late November. The tally has remained virtually unchanged, other than absences, since the shutdown started last Wednesday.
The trio of Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Angus King (I-Maine) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) crossed over to vote with Republicans, just as they did three times last week. But no other Democrats joined them, leaving the majority party frustrated that it has been unable to win over more votes.
Democrats are demanding the stopgap bill include an extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits that are slated to expire at the end of the year…..
Second Update….
“With the government shut down for a sixth day, President Trump on Monday briefly dangled the possibility of a negotiation with Democrats, only to pull back several hours later — insisting that Democrats must end the standoff first before he would be willing to make a deal on health care,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open.”
(I do NOT think this facesaying attempt is gonna work…Trump IS UNTRUSTWorthy)
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