The REASON we are fighting for ACA subsidies is because Republicans REFUSED to include them in their budget
That says virtually all that needs to be said about the Republicans and this government shutdown. Their "Big Beautiful Bill" was wildly unpopular but they rammed it down our throats anyway. The Obamacare subsidies and full Medicaid funding is overwhelming popular but Republicans insisted on taking all that away from us, so as to finance tax cuts for the rich.
Using "Reconciliation" rules, while controlling all branches of government, they passed their budget with the slimmest of partisan majorities. And now they want Democrats to give them the votes needed to "continue" and extend their monstrous budget priorities longer, at the expense of our literal health, while their service cuts and skyrocketing premiums start to cut deep.
They expect us to just roll over and play dead by just handing them the votes they need to literally kill Americans. Why the fuck should anyone trust Republicans to reverse the cuts they made later, when they literally went out of their way to make them in the first place? NOW is when Democrats have the leverage needed to save American lives. If Democrats fail to stand firm we will share in the responsibility for the thousands of deaths that will result. And that is exactly the way Republicans want it.