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Saturday, June 27, 2026

Nearly four million people who signed up for Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) plans this year have already dropped their coverage after the loss of subsidies resulted in sharply higher costs, for some the premiums were more expensive than their mortgages. Meanwhile, the US has wasted over $113bn fighting an illegal and reckless war against Iran on behalf of Israel, a wealthy and nuclear-armed country that offers world class universal healthcare to all her residents.

Why are Americans paying for another country's excellent universal healthcare system?

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Millions of people who signed up for Affordable Care Act plans this year dropped their coverage after the loss of subsidies drove up costs. on.wsj.com/4xQkoaP

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-- The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 6:33 PM · Jun 26, 2026

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America's mega-oligarchs fared quite well with GOP tax cuts in the 2025 "Big Beautiful Bill."

I wonder how many poor Republicans dropped their Obamacare coverage this year because of the lack of federal subsidies?


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-27 03:06 AM | Reply

And more than 4.7m people nationwide have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The auto repossession rate is increasing and the Dept of Education is aggressively pursuing delinquent school loans.

474 health facilities have closed or will close soon.

Out of a dead dry rock Republicans are trying to squeeze out blood.

Source: BBB killing Americans

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-27 05:03 AM | Reply

In the early years of the marketplace, there was no health insurance competition in my area. Indeed, the monthly premiums for my wife and me damn near equaled our monthly mortgage. Those were hard years.

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-27 10:57 PM | Reply

Sooooooooo... did they buy insurance at all?

This is so strange... for insurance companies to profit...they need to sell policies... no?
So does this mean fewer policies are sold?

Will they drop their prices... and lose profit?

#4 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-28 12:23 AM | Reply

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