Saturday, December 13, 2025

Growing Number of House Republicans sign on to effort to force vote on ACA

Growing number of House Republicans sign on to effort to force vote on ACA subsidies -- defying Speaker Johnson

Posted by Corky at 06:31 PM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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The cruel irony of Republicans voting down ACA subsidies is that it will end up hurting Trump voters the most. 57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican. They're selling out their own voters.

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-- Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) Dec 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM

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Politicians rarely provide much in the way of real leadership. They've typically Peter Principled themselves into positions that, unfortunately for us, come with serious responsibilities the execution of which may have huge effects. Basically, they follow the favorable winds (as in favorable to them). The only way pols from MAGAt heavy districts will break from the GOP "concept of a plan" no plan is if a sufficient number of their own voters start banging at the doors. And MAGAts are a very long way from blaming Trump for anything. But this may just trump their out of control xenophobia and overheated concerns about sexual identity.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-14 06:07 AM

Lay down with dogs, get up with fleas, and in this case, one also gets up with an inability to show one as being an independent actor in Congress. Once a MAGA, elected by their faithful, always a MAGA. Ask MTG.

#2 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-12-14 07:30 AM

Full repeal.

Disaster care is a failure, subsidies a band aid that will be needed in perpetuity.

#3 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-12-14 10:24 AM

@#12 ... a band aid ...

What is the solution your current trolling alias proposes?

I've seen this ...

...
Candidate Trump on healthcare:

May 21, 2015
I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.

Sept 25, 2015
Everybody's got to be covered.

Feb 17, 2016
We're going to have great plans. They're going to be much less expensive and they're going to be much better.

Oct 25, 2016
You're going to have such great healthcare at a tiny fraction of the cost, and it is going to be so easy.

Nov 13, 2016
It will be better healthcare, much better for less money. Not a bad combination.

"I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid."
-- Trump to the Daily Signal in May 2015

"We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me. We will save $'s and have much better healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in February 2016

Pres-elect Trump on healthcare:

"We're going to have insurance for everybody ... There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it. That's not going to happen with us."
-- Pres-elect Trump to the Washington Post in January 2017

Pres Trump on healthcare:

"Our healthcare plan will lower premiums & deductibles -- and be great healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in May 2017
...


So, my question becomes ...

When will Pres Trump stop lying to Americans about healthcare?



#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-14 08:35 PM

#13 He's been lying to Americans about healthcare since 2015.

He doesn't have another ten years left.

He will never stop lying about healthcare, or affordability, or jobs, or taxes, or murdering fishermen, or gas prices, or prescription prices, or.....yada yada yada.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-15 07:50 AM

The Republicans are beginning to read the tea leaves and find out where it leaves them. Want to see a politician get religion? Threaten their seats and you will find suddenly they can do an about face over what they are in favor of.

For years this has been a wet dream of the Repubs, to eliminate ACA. Well, they got it and will reap the whirlwind that comes with it unless they can actually lower the costs of the healthcare industry as it jacks costs for coverage. As the more of the public finds it can't afford the price increase, they'll fall off the rolls of the insured, along with those healthy enough not to have to worry about pressing healthcare issues in their lives. That will leave fewer in the insurance pool, resulting in yet more price increases in the future.

The Repubs will be held directly responsible for this issue come election season and a few are starting to wake up to the results of an unhappy voter base.

#6 | Posted by BBQ at 2025-12-15 09:24 AM

"While Johnson has not yet unveiled the specifics of his plan..."

Well Mike, maybe a few proposals, some public hearings, and input from consumers and medical professionals might help.

Let me just ask: What is your concept of this plan???

#7 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-15 01:50 PM

"While Johnson has not yet unveiled the specifics of his plan..."
Well Mike, maybe a few proposals, some public hearings, and input from consumers and medical professionals might help.
Let me just ask: What is your concept of this plan???

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-15 01:50 PM | Reply

Right, I mean why are they even having to come up with a new plan? Isn't everyone saving $2500/ year and keeping the Dr of their choice? Oh wait, we need to subsidize it? WTH, that's not what all the Dems said needed to happen when they came up with Obama care. Did they figure that out when they actually read the bill after they passed it like Pelosi told them?

#8 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-12-15 02:00 PM

#17 Why are you arguing like it is 2011, and not 2025?

#9 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-15 02:01 PM

"why are they even having to come up with a new plan?"

Because they refused to tweak Obamacare for fear of being primaried, and then turned it into TrumpCare when they eliminated the mandate penalty.

As it turns out, "throwing a monkey wrench into the gears" isn't a feasible ongoing plan.

#10 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-15 03:02 PM

" that's not what all the Dems said needed to happen when they came up with Obama care."

What a riot.

Republicans came up with Obamacare. First at the Heritage Foundation, then in Massachusetts.

Every honest broker (read: Trustee), when locked in a room and forced to make the equation work, has concluded a mandate is required.

Civilized countries include the amount for universal coverage in the overall tax bill.

Meanwhile, Obamacare minus Mandate equals TrumpCare.

#11 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-15 03:10 PM

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