Remember Republicans don't think a problem exists until it hurts them personally.
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They won't even think it's caused by the Trump admin anyway, they'll either blame Joe Biden or some other strawman.
Yeah this is the sad truth of it. And they were too distracted during the shutdown to listen to what the dems were saying. The whole thing was about trying to keep these subsidies. And then when maga see their premiums skyrocket they'll unironically blame dems and Biden.
These are the dolts that sit there and lap up blatant nonsense about how Taco and thugs are trying to "dig out of" some kind of alleged mess that Biden totally didn't leave behind.
I will seriously talk to chuds that are doing just fine and claim that they were not doing fine under Biden. When pressed, they will admit that, well, they weren't really doing all that bad at all, but that maybe it's a problem that someone like ME (and of course POC, and LGBTQ, etc) was also not actually miserable under Biden.
Not even kidding about that last part. These assholes actually object to liberals such as myself doing well. They are fine; but having others they don't approve of doing fine is not acceptable. When that video went viral in his first term about how he was not hurting who he was supposed to be hurting, that went viral for a reason. Because so many people had conversations much like I have had with these people - it's not enough that they are doing okay; others have to be miserable, and the miserable people need to be people unlike them. If you voted blue, you should be living hand to mouth.
Eight dems betrayed the US for 20 sheckles.
Bold of you to assume they even got 20 sheckles.
It was 14 sheckles, but they had to divide them between the eight of them.
The women didn't get the two extra from the 20.
It's a GOOD THING we have Chuck Schumer and the Democrats to Look OUT for us! I'm SURE the Conversation they TRADED AWAY LITERALLY EVERYTHING FOR is going to happen Soon!
My wife has had an ACA plan for years. It’s $98/month in 2025, but is jumping to $354 in January.
Republicans are always looking for small populations to fuck over. There's only ~25M people on ACA, or about 7% of the population. The rules are complicated and mostly hidden behind automatic calculations done by marketplace websites, so most people's experience is just that the website gives them a price list and they choose one to pay. Can't tell if price hikes are due to actual insurance company rate hikes, changes in the tax credit structure, or their own increased income.
For politicians, it's a pretty safe bet that the size of the affected population and obscurity of the cost structure will prevent any serious organized blowback. Insurance companies are going to be scapegoats for this.
You’d think it was like half the country given the media coverage, but nope, 25 million. Redistrict ‘em. Everyone else’s insurance goes up anyways because capitalism is the ultimate hellscape.
I’m on COBRA and almost switched to the marketplace because it’s so expensive, but seeing what 2026 premiums are it’s actually cheaper for me to stay on COBRA. I never thought I’d utter the words “cheaper” and “COBRA” in the same sentence.
That's fucking insane. COBRA is insultingly expensive
Isn't COBRA just how much your previous employer premiums cost (without the employer contribution)?
Pretty much, I think. Turns out most employers contribute quite a big portion of it.
Then cobra isn't necessarily insultingly expensive, it depends on the plan, no?
And it's really just that health insurance in general is insultingly expensive in the US
Have you ever looked at what it actually costs? It's outrageous.
And it's really just that health insurance in general is insultingly expensive in the US
Not going to argue with that.
Again by "it" you mean "my specific employer's health plan". COBRA itself doesn't cost anything.
And yes.
Republicans are not shrugging, they are actively cheering it on.
Guns were already cheaper than healthcare.
For most Americans, that IS healthcare.
But but we were promised a vote?!
Did they watch to much Breaking Bad. As in stop the drugs from Venezuela and onshore drug production to the US using some badly paid chemistry teachers?