10/22/2025
The Government shutdown Affordable Care Act/subsidy fight explained. Long video but if you want to understand why the government is shut down.
Democrats want to keep the subsidies and status quo. Republicans feel that taxpayers directly paying insurance companies thru subsidies are inflationary and distort the free market.
Unfortunately rather than having a functional government and congress to discuss a path forward or reimagine health care in the country, they have waited until the subsidies expire and to start the discussion