Is punishing the poor Trump’s last hand to play?

The pre-midterm defenestration of ACA enrollees looks like political madness – but the president appears to believe hitting poor people might work for him…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/trump-aca-healthcare-politics-midterms

 

Michigan Republicans are trying to sell you the fix for their own mess

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EvAVnH1p210

 

Attacks on the U.S. Public Health System

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UfnoLOgNwPs

 

It literally pained him to say Trump failed lol. #isaiahmartin #debate

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W5vVj8wuIV4

 

With midterms looming, HHS and states at odds over cause of lagging Obamacare signups - POLITICO

Trump officials say better federal policing of fraud on Healthcare.gov accounts for much of the drop. Meanwhile some state Affordable Care Act exchanges blame higher costs, particularly after Congress decided not to extend beyond Jan. 1 the enhanced subsidies that brought premiums down for higher-income people...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/obamacare-affordability-premiums-fraud-midterms-looming-00930051

 

Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows | PBS News

The projected drop-off, much starker than initial federal data suggested, reveals how rising health costs, in part due to the Jan. 1 expiration of subsidies that had helped the vast majority of enrollees pay for their coverage, are forcing Americans to make tough decisions mid-year about whether to keep or go without health coverage...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/affordable-care-act-enrollment-projected-to-plunge-by-5-million-as-costs-spike-analysis-shows

 

Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

A major reason for the sharp drop in enrollment is that enhanced premium tax credits for these health plans expired at the end of last year. Congress came close to a compromise to extend the extra federal money that helped keep premiums down, but the deal fell apart...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5825887/affordable-care-act-health-insurance-price

These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters

Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates… These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters  

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/08/proposal-fossil-fuel-companies-insurance-costs  

What is Congress doing about health care?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AEqUp66w9k0

 

Universal healthcare pt 4: ME, ME, ME! #universalhealthcare #morebootslesssuits

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZHqdl-pFOZQ

 

Shocker: Republicans broke their promise.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eOAdL2xVzRs

 

Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts

When you increase premiums dramatically, "the healthy people drop out and therefore the pool is sicker", said Gerard Anderson, a professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins University. 

It becomes a "death spiral", Anderson said. "The sicker people are the only ones that stay in the program until it becomes no longer sustainable and the insurance company stops even offering the plan," Anderson said. 

Those people with high deductibles or no insurance could also struggle to pay medical bills if they become sick or injured…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/aca-obamacare-expires

 

ACA health insurance premiums are about to spike. Blame the GOP. | Vox

As even Republican strategists will acknowledge, GOP senators were only going through the motions of appearing to do something about the expiring subsidies. Their HSA plan was doomed to fail, and the party didn't even unify around it until two days before the planned vote. This was not a serious effort to avert a huge premium increase for millions of their own constituents...

https://www.vox.com/health/471965/health-insurance-marketplace-aca-tax-credits-expire 

 

 

"My Republican Friends Understand They Got A Political PROBLEM"

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dA1J1ApLxrs

 

Maddow: This is what Democrats have been screaming about

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X_qo4IP_L5k

Thanks to Republicans, some Americans will pay $22,000/year to keep their health insurance

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cAz_jWETLD0