Johnson Admits That Shutdown Is About ACA Premiums

[Nostra]

I was wrong

It would MORE than double ACA healthcare premiums

ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF

KFF estimates that, if Congress does not extend the enhanced premium tax credits, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double in 2026, growing by 114%, from an average of $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026.

www.kff.org

Wow! Obamacare really, really sucks sweaty donkey balls.

What a disaster.


Cool thread.

 

[hadit]

And then the plan was to throw up their hands because the whole thing was crashing and just put everyone on a Medicaid-type plan. Lousy service, crowded, long waits.

But the politicans would still have their privileged plans.

Of course they would.

 

[Moonglow]

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

www.nbcnews.com

So the lies that it’s about anything else can stop

Letting the subsidies expire would cause a DOUBLING of premiums

The Dems should let the premiums double, and it would be on Trump's head.

 

[Moonglow]

And then the plan was to throw up their hands because the whole thing was crashing and just put everyone on a Medicaid-type plan. Lousy service, crowded, long waits.

But the politicans would still have their privileged plans.

And their generous pension package.

 

[hadit]

The Dems should let the premiums double, and it would be on Trump's head.

No, it would be on the heads of those who gave the subsidies a sunset. TRUMP! is just following the law as it is written.

 

[Nostra]

Dimwingers: Obamacare is so bad we must shut down the government until Republicans agree to spend trillions more propping it up.

 

[Lisa558]

The Dems should let the premiums double, and it would be on Trump's head.

You mean go back to the rate it was under Obama? If he thought it was good, and pushed it through, then we should stick with his program.

 

[hadit]

Dimwingers: Obamacare is so bad we must shut down the government until Republicans agree to spend trillions more propping it up.

It is amusing that the very same ones now claiming obamadon'tcare would price people completely out of the market were saying how wonderful it was before the taxpayer subsidies were put in place for Covid. All we're doing is going back to when it was wonderful.

 

[Lisa558]

Dimwingers: Obamacare is so bad we must shut down the government until Republicans agree to spend trillions more propping it up.

They should just allow it to fail. It would be cheaper to set up free clinics for the poor and buy inexpensive catastrophic insurance for major issues.

 

[Lesh]

Obamacare was full of lies such as

1. Your premiums will go down

2. You can keep your own doctor

Obama even had to bribe members of his own corrupt party to pass the damned thing, and they did it with Reconciliation which bypassed the democratic vote for Scott Brown in MA who ran against it and won. So much for democracy.

And now as we see, it was all a lie as premiums were all set to skyrocket, well after Obama was gone.

Moreover, as we see with the government involved with anything, there are no real promises you can rely on regarding them paying for anything. It is just a matter of the whim of those in power deciding what they will or will not do for us, depending on how the direction of the political wind blows.

Yet, dolts like you want more government involvement, the same liars and charlatans that gave us Obamacare which no one can afford now and will refuse to hold anyone to account for the lies that got us to this point. Any CEO who would have made similar lies about selling you health care would be in jail, but if you are a politician, they reelect you and you demand they lie to you even more.

So you folks now admit that this IS about keeping ACA premiums lower

You now shift to attacking it with no viable alternative

I suppose that’s a start

 

[Mac1958]

Mike Johnson slams Obamacare funds as a 'boondoggle' as shutdown drags on

Johnson also addressed conservative calls to repeal Obamacare, whose enhanced tax credits form the main dispute between the two parties that led to the funding impasse.

www.nbcnews.com

So the lies that it’s about anything else can stop

Letting the subsidies expire would cause a DOUBLING of premiums

This would have been different if the GQP had said "we've been working with health insurers behind the scenes, they've been recalibrating their plans and premiums to match the new situation, and the people of America can rest easy about their health insurance".

But no, this is the "shoot first and ask questions later" administration. The above would require too much planning, effort and critical thinking.

 

[SweetTea]

I was wrong

It would MORE than double ACA healthcare premiums

ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF

KFF estimates that, if Congress does not extend the enhanced premium tax credits, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double in 2026, growing by 114%, from an average of $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026.

www.kff.org

Maybe those getting these enhanced credits shouldn’t have treated them like a pay raise. They should have used them as they were intended. To get through COVID. Instead, they have budgeted assuming these were permanent. Oh well, I guess the movie nights will have to end. Welcome to the real world.

 

[Lisa558]

So you folks now admit that this IS about keeping ACA premiums lower

You now shift to attacking it with no viable alternative

I suppose that’s a start

Let’s go back to where we didn’t have Obamacare at all. More people were able to afford insurance without government assistance.

Not perfect, but an improvement from the current state.

 

[Lesh]

Let’s go back to where we didn’t have Obamacare at all. More people were able to afford insurance without government assistance.

Not perfect, but an improvement from the current state.

At least you folks are finally being honest as to what this shutdown is about

Glad those other lies have been put to rest

 

[hadit]

So you folks now admit that this IS about keeping ACA premiums lower

You now shift to attacking it with no viable alternative

I suppose that’s a start

How could people afford the wonderful obamadon'tcare before the massive subsidies?

 

[SweetTea]

How could people afford the wonderful obamadon'tcare before the massive subsidies?

Once people are given a freebee, it is really hard to take it away. Democrats fall for it every single time.

 

[Polishprince]

The Obamacare Atrocity was supposed to REDUCE costs for all Americans, that's what it was sold to the people by its author B. Hussein O.

Maybe its just time for the libs to give up the ghost on this abomination.

It isn't delivering the $2500 per family windfall that was promised

 

[22lcidw]

At least you folks are finally being honest as to what this shutdown is about

Glad those other lies have been put to rest

This is just an extension for several weeks.

 

[Hafar1014]

its about free benefits for illegals

 

[22lcidw]

At least you folks are finally being honest as to what this shutdown is about

Glad those other lies have been put to rest

Slotkin really lost the election. So many steals.