"I've never understood, by the way, the bizarre Republican obsession with taking healthcare away from people. I mean, first of all, I mean Mitt Romney did it in Massachusetts and it was a Republican idea. Like, people are getting free healthcare in the emergency room. Let's stop that. No freeloaders. We're Republicans. I just don't get it. How many times did they try to kill Obamacare? Then they did get rid of the mandate. It still survived. But this is the only leverage Democrats have."
"Democrats want to restore this and some of the Medicaid cuts. This is about healthcare. Democrats think this is the one issue we have and this is one leverage we have, which is to shut down the government, because after all, they don't have any other power. And the question I'm asking is, who's going to win this? Can they, because people will lose that. Kaiser predicts premium payments in 26 will more than double if the ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire."
Bill Maher criticized Republicans for persistent efforts to take away healthcare, noting repeated attempts to kill Obamacare and the removal of the mandate. He referenced Mitt Romney's Massachusetts model and criticized denying emergency-room care to "freeloaders." Maher said Democrats view a government shutdown as primary leverage to restore ACA enhancements and reverse Medicaid cuts, and he questioned whether voters will link rising premiums and lost benefits to the Trump administration. Kaiser projects enhanced premium tax credits expiring could more than double premium payments in 2026. Van Jones criticized Democratic handling of shutdown politics; Louis C.K. and Thomas Friedman were panelists.
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