This is what voting against your self-interests looks like.

[Mashmont]

As GOP weighs Obamacare cuts, the party’s constituents are more likely to use marketplace coverage, poll finds​

Republicans on Capitol Hill are weighing legislation that’s estimated to cut billions of dollars of funding for the Affordable Care Act and cause millions of people to lose their health insurance. Many of their constituents may not be happy about it, polling suggests.

Nearly half, 45%, of adults enrolled in a health plan offered through the ACA insurance marketplace identify as Republicans, according to a new survey by KFF, a nonpartisan group that conducts health policy research.

(More than three-quarters of those Republican ACA users identify as “MAGA” Republicans. Those MAGA Republicans represent 31% of ACA purchasers overall.)

Meanwhile, 35% of Democrats get their health insurance through the ACA, KFF found.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/gop-weighs-aca-marketplace-cuts-republicans-more-likely-to-use-it.html

To be clear, the voters I'm referring to are not congressional Repubs voting to screw their own constituents. I'm referring to rank and file Repubs who rely on the ACA for their healthcare because it is not offered by their employer.......if they have one.

But hey, who needs healthcare, or an education for your kids...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/16/politics/trump-education-funding-invs

........when you get to sit down at your TV each night and be entertained watching The trump Show.

The ACA cuts you talk about are Medicaid reforms, where people have to prove they are eligible and deserving of a program that was intended for the disabled and impoverished. If people are able-bodied, they should be required to work for it. This is only reasonable and MAGA folks understand it. That's why Trump support has INCREASED among his base.

 

[jc456]

Insurance is the problem. But we keep pretending it's the solution.

Wow, spot fking on!! Tell these demofks insurance is there fault. Obammy care

 

[initforme]

Insurance is the problem. But we keep pretending it's the solution.

I surance denying claims that are legit is a huge issue. We will ne er figure out how to fix our healthcare. But, the nurses here work a 36 hour shift and get paid for 40. If they work an extra its 2x the pay. Thats almost 90 bucks an hour here. Thats not great, but decent pay.

 

[dblack]

Private insurance was cheaper and better. Let's return to it. Let the marketplace do what it does better, and save the country hundreds of billions.

We've been trying to use insurance as a social safety net, trying to force it to function as such with ill-conceived regulation. But that's not what insurance is, and trying to force it into that role has broken the entire health care market.

 

[Stann]

Deflection

You are not only a fool but a total idiot , not worth wasting my time on. Good bye.

 

[Stann]

Insurance is the problem. But we keep pretending it's the solution.

Agreed we are seeing the death of an archaic system. We will join the rest of the world in solving this perplexing problem. Every $1.00 spent on detention and education saves $100.00 in medical costs.

 

[pknopp]

Cause you can’t justify them

Everyone should have health care.

 

[jc456]

Everyone should have health care.

Everyone gets healthcare, who doesn’t? You’re confused with insurance

 

[jc456]

You are not only a fool but a total idiot , not worth wasting my time on. Good bye.

Deflecting

 

[dblack]

Agreed we are seeing the death of an archaic system. We will join the rest of the world in solving this perplexing problem. Every $1.00 spent on detention and education saves $100.00 in medical costs.

That's just socializing the problem. Government run insurance is still insurance. Still has all the same moral hazard and skewed incentives. The only way it works is if you socialize the whole health care industry, either explicitly as a government service, or implicitly by setting up government as the only payer - such that it can dictate terms.

 

[dblack]

Everyone should have health care.

Everyone should have their needs met.

 

[pknopp]

Everyone gets healthcare, who doesn’t? You’re confused with insurance

No, the argument is some shouldn't get it.

 

[pknopp]

Everyone should have their needs met.

Certainly depends on the need.

 

[dblack]

Certainly depends on the need.

How do we decide?

 

[pknopp]

How do we decide?

I'd start at basic needs to survive.

 

[dblack]

I'd start at basic needs to survive.

Do you see the problem though? You're not deciding. Who is? Trump?

 

[pknopp]

Do you see the problem though? You're not deciding. Who is? Trump?

Do I see a problem with Trump deciding? Sure.

 

[dblack]

Do I see a problem with Trump deciding? Sure.

Ok. So why would you want a system where your health care is at the mercy of douchebags like Trump?

 

[jc456]

That's just socializing the problem. Government run insurance is still insurance. Still has all the same moral hazard and skewed incentives. The only way it works is if you socialize the whole health care industry, either explicitly as a government service, or implicitly by setting up government as the only payer - such that it can dictate terms.

thought you were against government run shit? WTF? Name one thing the government runs right?

DMV? VA? SS?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Look at the statistical slight-of-hand here...

"Nearly half, 45%, of adults enrolled in a health plan offered through the ACA insurance marketplace identify as Republican..."
"...35% of Democrats get their health insurance through the ACA..."

These are two different things entirely. What percentage of Republicans are enrolled? Not said. What percentage of ACA users are Democrats? Again, not said.

And what does it mean anyway? Republicans are more likely to be self-employed, which puts them into ACA's "sweet spot." Democrats are more likely to have crappy jobs, which means they might not have any alternative.

What exactly are congressional R's proposing? Just a benefit cut or something else?

With Medicaid, the R's proposals are merely to tighten up eligibility for able-bodied people and to prevent illegals from getting Medicaid coverage.

Nothing but lies and distortions from the MSM. What's new?

A distinction without meaning. It does not change or negate what the OP is saying . There are a lot of Republicans taking advantage of the ACA and are still supporting the party who is screwing them

Yes, it really is that simple