Friday, January 02, 2026

Farmers are About to Pay a Lot More for Health Insurance

It's been a tough year for farmers ... The enhanced subsidies that many Americans, including farmers, rely on to purchase health insurance are set to expire at the end of this month.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 02:30 PM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

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"Screw you, rural America!" - Donald Trump A quarter of all farmers in America purchase health insurance through Obamacare. Their premiums are about to quadruple, thanks to Trump and the GOP. www.ideastream.org/npr-news/202 ...

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The enhanced subsidies that many Americans, including farmers, rely on to purchase health insurance are set to expire at the end of this month. James Davis, 55, who grows cotton, soybeans and corn in north Louisiana, said he doesn't know how he and his wife will afford coverage next year, when their insurance premium will quadruple, jumping to about $2,700 a month.

How's that MAGA working out for you?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-01 01:47 PM

These inter-generational landowning white farmers will enjoy the same healthcare as their former farmhands: ichef.bbci.co.uk

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-01 02:36 PM

They should just give up the Starbucks and avocado toast then they can afford anything.

#3 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-01-01 10:39 PM

Oh my goodness, now they're going to have to pay for their health insurance like the rest of the working folks.

#4 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-01-02 02:44 PM

They were already paying, you pig.

#5 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-02 02:47 PM

They were already paying, you pig.

#5 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-02 02:47 PM | Reply | Flag

At a cut rate, the rest was on the tax payer. If you haven't noticed, our government doesn't make a MF thing. They take and redistribute.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-01-02 02:52 PM

#6 At a cut rate?

Welcome to government subsidies intended to help Americans.

#7 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 03:10 PM

At a cut rate, the rest was on the tax payer. If you haven't noticed, our government doesn't make a MF thing. They take and redistribute.
#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Insurance companies don't make a MF thing either.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-02 03:38 PM

Insurance companies take and redistribute.

That's all they do.

You must not be very smart if you didn't already know that.

You have a life where you substitute emotion for intelligence.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-02 03:39 PM

#8 Not enough N/W flags, my friend Snoofy.

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 03:39 PM

#9 Same with this post, Snoofy.

Bravo!

#11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-02 03:40 PM

At a cut rate, the rest was on the tax payer.

#6 | Posted by lfthndthrds

They were already paying taxes, you pig.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 03:41 PM

You have a life where you substitute emotion for intelligence.

#9 | Posted by snoofy

Do you remember when they used to accuse Liberals of that?

Then came their war on education, science, and simple rationality.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 03:43 PM

The farmers of America chose to love a man who never could love them back. Someone who thinks that they are marks and losers, and treats them that way.

I'm not sure what's going to shake them loose from the spell. If losing their lands doesn't do it, nothing will.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 03:47 PM

Do you remember when they used to accuse Liberals of that?
Then came their war on education, science, and simple rationality.
#13 | Posted by Zed

Republican men love to claim women are overly emotional, especially when on her period.

You know when a woman's testosterone level is highest?
When she's on her period.

You know what Republican men are taking, for gender affirming care?
Testosterone.

That's why Republican men are so emotional.
It's literally their hormones.

There's at least one Deplorable here on testosterone. Probably more. I wouldn't be surprised if more than half of them are taking it, at least the ones under 50 where being manly is still part of their mythology.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-02 04:16 PM

"The farmers of America chose to love a man who never could love them back"

Oh, they chose their parents.

Not all farmers have Superman's parents for parents.
Most of them are drunks and losers.
Am I close, Eberly?

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-02 04:17 PM

Farmers must be thrilled to get what they asked for--no one to harvest their crops, no markets for what they produce, and higher healthcare costs. A trifecta for Trump voters...

Trump: 2024% less profit
--Sign seen in farm fields from coast to coast

#17 | Posted by catdog at 2026-01-02 04:29 PM

You have a life where you substitute emotion for intelligence.
#9 | Posted by snoofy
Do you remember when they used to accuse Liberals of that?
Then came their war on education, science, and simple rationality.
#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-02 03:43 PM

1904: John D. Rockefeller issues "Occasional Letter No.1" detailing plans to mold the people, reduce national intelligence to the lowest common denominator, destroy parental influence, traditional and customs, and eliminate science and real learning, "in order to perfect human nature".

Yeah, the elite been at this for a long while now.

#18 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-02 05:27 PM

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