Democrats Bet Briefly Preventing a Health Insurance Apocalypse Is Good Politics

Democrats Bet Briefly Preventing a Health Insurance Apocalypse Is Good Politics

Their ask in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown is an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. What happens when Republicans say no?

Do Democrats Have a Shutdown Strategy? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 13: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (C) (D-NY) meets with newly-elected Democratic senators-elect Kyrsten Sinema (L) (D-AZ) and Jacky Rosen (R) (D-NV) in his office at the U.S. Capitol November 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Both Sinema and Rosen were formerly members of the House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Dayen discusses what seems to be the develo…