We discuss Republicans’ unwillingness to lower healthcare costs and reopen the government. The fight right now over the shutdown is healthcare subsidies for the Affordable Care Act. We breakdown the thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars, more in healthcare costs families will have to pay if Republicans get their way in reopening the government with the continuing resolution.

Along those same lines, Republicans are using the end of SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 as a way to get Democrats to give in and vote on reopening the government. But, there too, we discuss how there’s already a SNAP emergency fund the Trump administration is refusing to tap into, putting those who rely on food stamps at risk, on top of raising their healthcare costs.