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House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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Now that the open enrollment deadline for most of us (Dec 15) has passed and we're locked into whatever plan we selected, it would be a slap in the face if congress extended the subsidies. It would be punishing a lot of people for being responsible and prudent, while rewarding those who procrastinated.
Obviously I would still celebrate for those who could benefit from it, but I would also be upset. For one, all the rules and polices around the 2026 ACA plans should have been finalized and set in stone months ago. Open enrollment started a month ago, and potential changes were being considered up to the final hours before folks had to finalize their decisions. That's an enormous failure in and of itself. Personally, I have had to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out what I can actually afford or even if I should go without. Ultimately I opted to select a plan, but it's enormously less coverage at nearly the same price as I am currently paying for a substantially better plan. It's also not the plan I would have chosen if the subsidies were still in play.
The feds can literally decide to reopen enrollment at any time. And "I deserve better because I planned, unlike those lazy, good-for-nothings" sounds pompous as fuck
Yup.
And the president can call a special session at any time under the US Constitution, if people dying for lack of health care ever becomes any measure of a priority.
And it's a good thing that's not what I said!
You literally said it would be a slap in the face if they approved to extend now that you've picked a different plan.
If you were forced to pick a shittier plan because of the loss of subsidies,, and then the subsidies were reinstated after the open enrollment period, then yeah, I can see that being a slap in the face from our government.