Re: Obamacare So Popular, GOP Embraces It
Fred Barchetta <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Sep 2025 08:56:25 -0400
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On 9/8/25 5:13 PM, pothead wrote: > Fred Barchetta wrote: > >> On 9/8/25 4:30 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>> Fred Barchetta wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: >>> >>>> On 9/8/25 11:05 AM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>>>> Fred Barchetta wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: >>>>> >>>>>> On 9/8/25 10:12 AM, Bradley K. Sherman wrote: >>>>>>> | >>>>>>> | Republicans detest the idea of spending billions of dollars >>>>>>> | to shore up the Affordable Care Act. They are also >>>>>>> | realizing that the alternative could be a political >>>>>>> | disaster. >>>>>>> | >>>>>>> | With health insurance premiums projected to skyrocket at >>>>>>> | the end of the year thanks to the expiration of tax credits >>>>>>> | Democrats enacted during the pandemic, Republicans are >>>>>>> | likely to focus on paring back those federal subsidies. But >>>>>>> | allowing them to go away entirely at the end of this year >>>>>>> | heading into the midterms? >>>>>>> | >>>>>>> | "I don't think that's a good idea," Sen. John Cornyn, >>>>>>> | R-Texas, told Semafor. >>>>>>> | ... >>>>>>> <https://www.semafor.com/article/09/08/2025/republicans-grapple-with >>>>>>> -internal-divide-over-obamacare-credits> >>>>>> >>>>>> Affordable care act - so affordable it requires billions to shore >>>>>> up. >>>>> >>>>> Hope you can handle 20 to 40% increases in your premiums, bwah. >>>> >>>> So, the affordable healthcare in the affordable healthcare act isn't >>>> so affordable. And you suckers all fell for it. >>> >>> :-D It's more affordable than non-corporate subsidized insurance, >>> Flintstone. >> >> Oh, there's a ringing endorsement. >>> "Obamacare" has proven to be useful and popular. >> >> Yeah, it's real crowd-pleaser — unless you’re one of the millions >> stuck with skyrocketing premiums or a doctor who vanished from your plan. >> >> >> >> > > Health care is socialist. Nobody needs it. Everybody needs it. Just don't demand that I be required to pay for yours.