Protesters at US Capitol back Dems in shutdown fight over health care costs

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Ashley Murray - September 30, 2025 9:31 pm

WASHINGTON — A large crowd gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday hours before a federal government shutdown to protest rising health care costs — the crux of Democrats’ stand against approving a temporary Republican funding bill.

More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers joined activists and people who shared stories of rising health insurance premium costs at the “Healthcare Over Billionaires” rally hosted by the advocacy group Fair Share America, along with nearly three dozen labor unions, political advocacy groups and other organizations.

Senate Democrats again on Tuesday blocked Republicans’ temporary government funding bill, citing the expiration of Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits that since 2021 have lowered health insurance costs tied to an enrollee’s income.

The standoff means a federal government shutdown will begin after midnight Tuesday.


Donna Powell, 66, a resident of Austin, Texas, who is temporarily living in the nation’s capital, holds a sign at the “Healthcare Over Billionaires” rally hosted by Fair Share America and nearly three dozen other advocacy organizations outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, hours before federal government funding ran out at midnight. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)


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[Coldwater]

1. They're protesting because heck

who doesn't want to pay an additional $500 to $1000 dollars per month in healthcare

[Easterncedar]

2. Thank you, Nebraska Examiner, for running this story

Please support local news organizations as you can, good peeps.

[lostincalifornia]

3. That isn't the message being portrayed by the financial outlets, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

They have been carrying the water for the sociopath for a long time.

It is the typical disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street.

Why so many people either were duped or fooled in 2024 by the repeated lies and cons from the sociopath in the WH, doesn't inspire confidence in the Critical Thinking Process of the American Public.

It seems they always have to learn the hard way, and then quickly forget.