{"id":61471,"date":"2025-10-31T17:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61471"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:06:16","slug":"using-their-time-wisely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61471","title":{"rendered":"Using Their Time Wisely"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Just the News<\/a> posted an article about how Republicans are using the time they have during the government shutdown.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Republicans have begun to articulate the beginnings of a healthcare reform plan as Democrats keep the government shut down with the nominal aim of addressing rising costs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The shutdown itself is nearing a record and shows no signs of ending in the near future. Republicans have accused Democrats of seeking to reinstate funding for illegal immigrant healthcare while Democrats have insisted they want to lower costs for all Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the Democrats\u2019 gambit does not appear poised to pay off in the form of tangible concessions, it does seem to have pressured the GOP into at least developing the beginnings of a reform plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a funding fight, not a healthcare fight,\u201d House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted this month on the \u201cJust the News, No Noise\u201d television show. \u201cBut there’s the Obamacare COVID-era subsidies that expire December 31 and there’s a lot of heated debate that we’ve got to have in the House and Senate to figure out what to do about that.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

\u201cSo they are, you know, indicative of the super-sized business model and pushing small businesses [\u2026] out of business,\u201d he said. \u201cGetting small business back into the marketplace is both smaller insurance companies and making sure that your hometown physician and your hometown pharmacist are able to service their citizens, is one of the best things to do.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far, however, talk of reform appears contingent on an end to the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., for his part, stated this month that he was willing to discuss healthcare reform with Democrats, but would not do so under budget duress.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure how much clearer I can be, but let me give it a try: I am willing to sit down with Democrats to discuss the growing unaffordability and unsustainability of Obamacare,\u201d\u00a0he posted<\/a> on X. \u201cIt\u2019s a system they created, but I\u2019m happy to hear them out. Heck, I\u2019m even willing to give them a vote. Today. Tomorrow. Next week. You name it. But there\u2019s one condition: End the Schumer Shutdown. I will not negotiate under hostage conditions, nor will I pay a ransom. Period.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frankly, Obamacare needs to go away, and the government needs to get out of healthcare. Obamacare was designed to fail and lead us to a single-payer healthcare system similar to Britain and Canada. There is a reason many Canadians come to America for their healthcare needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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