Subject: Re: AFGE union calls shutdown end
"As it is now, the Dems are hurting a lot more people then they would help, if they prevailed."

Are they? The gov't shutdown means 1.4 million gov't workers will go without pay. But ballooning healthcare premiums will affect 24 million.

From your KFF link:
KFF now estimates that, if Congress extends enhanced premium tax credits, subsidized enrollees would save $1,016 in premium payments over the year in 2026 on average

$1,016 a YEAR, on average. $85/month.

Dare I say it? That doesn't seem like a lot to me*. Worth 1.4 million gov't workers will go without pay? Friend of ours has vowed to find another job. Tired of being treated like this.

*Mine will be a lot more - about $1300/month...but I can afford it.