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Nov 3, 2021, 7 tweets

Setting aside the dire status of democracy at the moment, it's kind of interesting in a wonky sort of way to compare the *smaller* text changes which *don't* make much of a difference:
rules.house.gov/sites/democrat…

For instance, this change to the extension of the #AmRescuePlan's ACA subsidy eligibility Unemployment Benefit:

Meanwhile, here's (most of) the language re. CAPPING INSULIN OUT OF POCKET COSTS at $35/month:

Oh, wait...it looks like that earlier change *is* significant (at least for some people)...it looks like they're only bumping out the ARP Unemployment Benefit by 1 year now instead of 3...probably to save enough money to pay for insulin and/or the $2K Medicare drug cap:

REALLY?? Talk about nickel 'n dime stuff...

$5 million is 0.00029% of the total cost, give or take.

That would be like if a family reworked a $5,000/mo household budget to save 1.4¢ per month (I think).

Hey, another $5 million saved! Now we're getting somewhere!

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