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6. This may be a way to get Republicans to vote for extending ACA subsidies without really giving them anything.

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 02:21 AM

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The ACA already complies with the Hyde Amendment by not using federal subsidy money to cover abortions; states just add their own state money to cover abortions.

If the GOP objection is that some states cover abortion under the ACA with state funding, I think there is a way to finesse this so that the state is no longer paying for the abortion using the ACA mechanism but through a whole separate mechanism, like a state voucher.

That way, the Republicans in Congress can pander to their creepy forced birth base and say they got the ACA to stop paying for abortions (even though it never did pay for abortions) as a face saving gesture to allow the Republicans to vote to pass the ACA subsidy extension.

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Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds [View all] cliffside Tuesday OP

yup the "moderates" got played lapfog_1 Tuesday #1

Sure looks that way and this sentence in the article makes it sound as if Thune said this before ... cliffside Tuesday #2

This may be a way to get Republicans to vote for extending ACA subsidies without really giving them anything. SunSeeker Yesterday #6

If this is true, then Sunday's deal can become a victory ... but short-lived Martin Eden Yesterday #8

But, but,but the Epstein files yaesu Yesterday #3

ACA federal money already can't go to cover abortions. This is GOP kabuki theater. SunSeeker Yesterday #4

Wasn't abortion homegirl Yesterday #5

Moving the goalposts pfitz59 Yesterday #7

Who would expect anything less. lark Yesterday #9

Yup, like none, no abortion, period. republianmushroom 22 hrs ago #10