The president donald trump said Saturday that he would redirect funds earmarked for state subsidies Affordable Care Act (ACA)known as Obamacaredirectly to the population, to resolve the deadlock in the Senate negotiations to approve a federal budget and end it government shutdown.
While Senate Republicans claim that Any vote on Obamacare subsidies will occur after Democrats accept their proposal to reopen the government.
And Democrats warn that There will be no agreement to approve a federal budget measure if subsidies are not extended and prevents health coverage from becoming more expensive for Americans, Trump on Saturday outlined his views on how to solve the crisis created by the extensive government shutdown.
Trump urged Republican senators to redirect funds intended for Affordable Care Act subsidies away from health insurers and toward average Americans.
Trump maintained that This would resolve the main obstacle in the negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to open the federal governmentand would make it easier for Americans to acquire “much better” healthcare.
“I recommend to Senate Republicans that the hundreds of billions of dollars currently being sent to money-sucking insurance companies to save the poor health care provided by Obamacare be sent directly to people so they can purchase their own health care,” Trump wrote. in Truth Social.
President Trump assured that medical care would be “much better” and they would even have “money left over.”
“In other words, take it from the big, bad insurance companies, give it to the people and end, for every dollar spent, the worst health care system in the world, Obamacare,” he said before insist that they end the filibuster to be able to approve bills without having to exceed 60 votes in the Senate.
Obamacare health coverage subsidies set to expire at the end of this year are the main reason why the negotiations to open the government do not advance after 39 days, the longest period in history.
The Democrats have refused to accept a provisional budget to unblock the situation that do not include these subsidieswhile Republicans have opposed including them, baselessly accusing Democrats of wanting to provide health coverage to undocumented immigrants.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shumer, Democrat, offered Republicans on Friday an agreement to open the government in exchange for extending health coverage subsidies for another year.
However, the majority leader in the chamber, Republican John Thune, explained to CBS that The Democratic proposal is a “guaranteed failure” and maintained the idea of the republicans: open the government and negotiate subsidies later.
The Senate will remain in session until the government shutdown is lifted to facilitate negotiations between Republicans and Democrats.
The government shutdown has seriously affected air traffic, suspended SNAP food assistance program benefits for more than 40 million Americans and temporarily suspended the income of approximately 650,000 federal workers.
With information from EFE
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