Putting aside the matter of an extension for the ACA tax credits, here's a question for trump devotees.

[JustAGuy1]

"Obamacare caused millions of people to lose their doctor, lose their plan, have much worse coverage,"

The policies that were cancelled were shitty, high deductible policies replaced with policies with better coverage.

Again, you're but I don't think you're smart enough to understand it. Policies are a legal contracts. if you change 1 thing on an existing plan it had to canceled and a new one had to be written and filed . Now, as to deductibles........

This is an ACA plan

Combined Medical and Drug Deductible
$8,350 This mean is an individual must pay 8350 before blue cross pays anything
Individual
Combined Medical and Drug Deductible
$16,700 Here is Family plan ded. In a nutshell you're wrong. I don't gloat about this
Family
https://www.healthmarkets.com/plans...er-silver-vision-adult-dental-99723MO0110014/
https://www.healthmarkets.com/plans/aca-health/missouri/kansas-city/

 

[San Souci]

What has he done about the medical cost inflation that will, in part, cause premiums to jump so much?

ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Could See Sharper Increases in What They Pay​

ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Could See Sharper Increases in What They Pay

The amount health insurers charge for coverage on the ACA Marketplaces is rising 26%, on average, in 2026.... Most enrollees would face even sharper increases in what they pay if they ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire.

www.kff.org

Not that he hasn't been busy violating the Posse Comitatus Act, the War Powers Act, and having the DoJ refuse to comply with a subpoena for the Epstein files. And then there's golf.

But does he get a pass for doing nothing about something as impactful as the cost of health insurance?

Who cares? ACA was supposed to solve the problem-- Seems it didn't. Tough.

 

[Greenbeard]

Who cares? ACA was supposed to solve the problem-- Seems it didn't. Tough.

Rolling it back was plainly a mistake. And unfortunately even if the GOP, staring down a looming electoral wipeout, tried a last minute hail mary and reversed themselves before the end of the year, 2026 premiums are already baked.

Political malpractice, even worse than when they tried (only tried) to roll back the ACA last time and got crushed in November.

 

[berg80]

Again, you're but I don't think you're smart enough to understand it. Policies are a legal contracts. if you change 1 thing on an existing plan it had to canceled and a new one had to be written and filed .

Nothing in that grammatical nightmare of a reply in any way refutes my point that the introduction of the ACA meant insurers had to stop selling the shitty, non compliant plans that did not meet the ACA's minimum standards requirements. Like coverage for pre-existing conditions.

 

[berg80]

It’s a time of choosing for a band of vulnerable House Republicans who have long warned about the expiration of key Obamacare subsidies.

Speaker Mike Johnson is barreling toward a Wednesday vote on a health care bill he and other Republican leaders are presenting as an alternative to the tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the month. They have no plans to allow a vote before then on extending the subsidies.

The early signs are that the group of GOP moderates who have voiced concern about their constituents’ health care costs — not to mention their own political futures — is preparing to fall in line this week.

“I haven’t seen anything objectionable yet,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said Monday. “For me to vote against it, I’d have to find something objectionable. I wouldn’t vote against it in protest.”

While he said it would be “a huge mistake” to not include an extension, Fitzpatrick said he votes “for or against legislation based on the merits of the bill.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/15/house-gop-moderates-signal-theyll-fall-in-line-with-johnsons-health-plan-00692138

When I think about the POT's stance on this issue it conjures up images of scenes from movies when one of the characters walks in to the ocean and doesn't come back.

 

[San Souci]

Rolling it back was plainly a mistake. And unfortunately even if the GOP, staring down a looming electoral wipeout, tried a last minute hail mary and reversed themselves before the end of the year, 2026 premiums are already baked.

Political malpractice, even worse than when they tried (only tried) to roll back the ACA last time and got crushed in November.

It was a bullshit plan to begin with.