Some appear frustrated because some Democrats voted to keep the government funding going through a continuing

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resolution until January, instead of holding out as some wished until the republicans extended the enhanced ACA subsidies.

From all evidence it is obvious that the congressional republicans were never going to vote to extend those enhanced subsidies in order to offset the higher insurance premiums.

The point of the shut down was to focus on those subsidies, and that the republicans were not interested in extending those enhanced subsidies, and that insurance premiums under the ACA would increase significantly because of it.

Hadn't that point been made?

Continuing the shutdown would have definitely impacted those government workers who depended on a paycheck. It would have also impacted Thanksgiving travel, those on food stamps, etc.

While most of the polls indicated that most Americans sided with the Democratic position on the enhanced subsidies, Medicaid benefits, etc., it seems that extending the shutdown would have served no purpose since there was no way this republican party was going to allow those enhanced subsidies to happen, because that is exactly what they are doing now, especially with their leadership in the House.

In other words, unless something changes, which is doubtful, people on the ACA are going to see significant increases in their insurance premiums, which will be unaffordable for many, and continuing to keep the government shutdown would not have resolved that, because the sad fact is that the republicans control both houses of congress.