John,
If Democrats cave in this shutdown fight, health insurance premiums will spike, millions will lose coverage, and the people who need care most will be pushed off a cliff. All to protect corporate tax breaks and donor-class profits.
Enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act have kept healthcare within reach for 20 million Americans since 2021. If Congress doesn’t extend them, those subsidies will disappear, and premiums will jump. The people hardest hit will be low-income families, rural patients, seniors, and anyone already on the brink.
Republicans are using the shutdown as leverage to gut healthcare. If Democrats agree to a so-called clean continuing resolution that excludes ACA subsidies or Medicaid protections, they are giving away the only thing they have left: power.
The shutdown ends when Democrats decide healthcare matters more than tax cuts for billionaires. They can either fight for the people or fold for the rich.
Tell Democrats to hold the line and refuse to trade away our care for political convenience. Demand that any budget deal include permanent ACA subsidies, protect Medicaid.
Healthcare is not a bargaining chip. It is not optional. And anyone who tries to use it as a pawn should be treated as a threat to the public.
Big Pharma, insurance executives, and corporate lobbyists are hoping Democrats will lose their nerve. Every day this shutdown continues, they are counting on silence from the public and surrender from the party that claims to protect working people.
This is the same fight we’ve seen for decades. Austerity for us. Bailouts and bonuses for them. No one in a corner office is worried about losing their coverage. It is nurses, patients, and working families who get cut.
If Democrats walk away now, they are walking away from everyone who put them in power. There is no neutral ground. Either they fight or they fail.
Send your message now and tell Democrats they were not elected to fold. They were elected to fight for affordable healthcare.
Let’s stop the sellout, save healthcare, and make sure no one gets left behind.
- DFA AF Team
