Pete Buttigieg Says Trump's Most 'Basic' Job Is To Keep The Government Running And He's Failed At It: 'Shutdown Is Hurting Americans'

How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system

Here's what the battle over ACA subsidies means.

Pete Buttigieg Says Trump's Most 'Basic' Job Is To Keep The Government Running And He's Failed At It: 'Shutdown Is Hurting Americans'

Buttigieg says Trump's government shutdown is hurting Americans in various ways, including blocking consumer fraud reporting and VA programs, reducing Social Security and small business loans, and pushing food assistance reserves to the limit. Senate stalemate persists as Democrats insist on ACA subsidies and Republicans resist. ARK Invest's Cathie Wood argues markets are resilient during shutdowns, with larger drivers being job data, Fed rate c…

The Democrat Shutdown Is an Admission Obamacare Is a Failure

Democrats have shut down the government over enhanced Obamacare subsidies that only make health care more expensive.

How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system—and what the battle over ACA subsidies means

Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025.

How the Government Shutdown Is Hitting the Health Care System

Republished with permission from The Conversation, by Simon F. Haeder, The Ohio State University Major rifts over key health care issues are at the heart of the federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on Oct. 1, 2025. This is not the first time political arguments over health care policy have instigated a government shutdown. In 2013, for example, the government shut down due to disputes over the Affordable Care Act. Th…

2025 Government Shutdown is Divisive and Harmful

By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The country is in a second week of a federal government shutdown which stems from a budget dispute between the Congressional Republican majority and the Democratic minority. The Trump administration is the lead decision-maker for the Republican’s position in this dispute. The impasse centers on the Democrats’ strong resistance to approving a federal budget that includes nearly  a $1 trillion in cuts to Me