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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

Concepts of a plan - to administer a screwing to the American people. This, MAGAts, is what you voted for.

That's why Old Yeller says likes you "uneducated." For him that's a synonym for "dumb."

Feeling the love yet?

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-28 06:11 AM | Reply

Obamacare really working out for people.

#6 | Posted by THEBULL at 2026-06-28 07:06 AM | Reply

It did, which is why Republicans hate it.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-28 07:09 AM | Reply

It did, which is why Republicans hate it.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-28 07:09 AM | Reply PPPFFTTT

It originated with Romney... who later had to apologise to republicl0wns for coming up with the framework... or they wouldn't let him run for office.
Obama made bank with a republicl0wn concept... it was more popular than killing bin Laden... another thing the republicl0wns failed at.
Not much different than Bushturd1 having to pass the largest tax hike in US history to pay for the Reagan VOODOO trickledown economic plan...
Bill Clinton balanced the budget with those tax dollars... AND... by allowing Reagan's military budget cuts to play out.

which just proves... on the RARE occasions one comes up with a good idea... they fail to implement it.

#8 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2026-06-28 08:08 AM | Reply

Is the 2 weeks up yet?

#9 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-06-28 08:43 AM | Reply

Time to quit calling it Obamacare. With all the changes brought/bought by Republicans it should be Obaminationcare.

#10 | Posted by mattm at 2026-06-28 08:52 AM | Reply

" Time to quit calling it Obamacare."

It ceased being Obamacare the minute the Republicans cut off the mandate leg.

It's been Trumpcare since that moment. And Trumpcare sucks.

#11 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-06-28 10:19 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trumpy really working out for people.

Rich white people from South Africa.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-06-28 11:45 AM | Reply

As a US Senator representing Florida in 2015, hologram Marco Rubio sabotaged "Obamacare" by adding debilitating riders into the ACA bill.

More damage to the American people from Empty Suit Marco Rubella (AKA "Mitch McConnell II")

Source: Faux Christian Marco Rubio is not a good human being

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-28 12:30 PM | Reply

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