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usonian

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Tue Jan 13, 2026, 10:56 PM Tuesday

[Take Action] The House defied Trump to save healthcare. Tell the Senate to do the same.

https://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/122957



DU'er,

Last year, Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bullshit Bill” let Affordable Care Act tax credits expire. It was one of the many provisions of the bill that screwed over working Americans to pay for tax breaks for some of the richest people in history.

The impasse over healthcare affordability -- Democrats insisting the subsidies get funded, and Republicans refusing to negotiate at all -- led to last fall’s government shutdown. Yes, Trump was so committed to kicking Americans off healthcare, he shut down the whole-ass government to do it.

As a result, 22 million Americans saw their premiums double on January 1, and it is projected that up to six million have lost, or soon will lose, their coverage.1

But last Thursday, there was a breakthrough. Seventeen House Republicans backed a Democratic bill to restore the subsidies and end the healthcare nightmare of the GOP’s own making. Now it’s the Senate’s turn to do the right thing and pass this bill.

Click here to email your senators and demand they vote to extend ACA subsidies immediately.

Seventeen House Republicans saw the writing on the wall, understanding that they’d be held responsible for the lives upended -- and lost -- due to the healthcare crisis they unleashed.

In order to overcome a filibuster in the Senate, we need to convince thirteen Republican senators to break from Trump and allow this bill to advance. They clearly don’t care that it’s the right thing to do -- but perhaps they’ll act if they understand their political lives depend on it.

And of course, we need every Democrat to be fighting hard to pass this too. That’s why we’re urging everyone to take action today, regardless of what parties your senators belong to.

Use our tool to automatically email both of your senators now.

Then, if you can, place a call to their offices as well.

EMAIL YOUR SENATORS

CALL YOUR SENATORS
It's the same link as email. I checked.

Members of Congress are working on a solution to address the huge rate hikes that hit January 1, but any solution they pass will have to happen soon, so it can be implemented before even more people drop coverage they can’t afford and the logistics become even more confusing.

No one should ever have to choose between accessing necessary healthcare and buying groceries or paying rent. No one's life should ever be in danger because they couldn't afford to go to the doctor.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

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[Take Action] The House defied Trump to save healthcare. Tell the Senate to do the same. (Original Post) usonian Tuesday OP
It failed, on a party-line vote... regnaD kciN Tuesday #1
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