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Miles Archer

(23,289 posts)
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:02 AM Dec 2025

Paul Krugman: "Republicans in Congress will never approve subsidies adequate to make health insurance affordable."

Krugman explained, "In fact, it isn’t different except for one devastating detail: Republicans in Congress will never approve subsidies adequate to make health insurance affordable."

"Because the Republican plan would be far stingier than the one currently in place, millions of people will be forced to drop their insurance. And as I said, because it’s the younger and relatively more healthy that will drop their coverage, the pool of those who keep their coverage will be older and sicker."

"And you know what happens next – premiums go up even further. No wonder that four Republican congressmen in purple districts defied Mike Johnson and voted to extend the Obamacare subsidies."

Krugman would go on to suggest the health care problems, along with the cost of living crisis and recent national address, highlight how Trump does not know how to govern coherently.

https://www.rawstory.com/gop-healthcare-2674813598/

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Paul Krugman: "Republicans in Congress will never approve subsidies adequate to make health insurance affordable." (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2025 OP
Understatement of the Year Award PJMcK Dec 2025 #1
Wreckage incoming for many Americans wolfie001 Dec 2025 #2

PJMcK

(25,049 posts)
1. Understatement of the Year Award
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 09:54 AM
Dec 2025

“Trump does not know how to govern coherently.”

True words.

wolfie001

(7,667 posts)
2. Wreckage incoming for many Americans
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 05:13 PM
Dec 2025

To any that voted for the fat orange imbecile: F6ck you! The rest have my empathy. That's in short supply too thanks to the lying felon.
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