Thank you, MTG, for throwing Schumer and the Democrats a lifeline to try help them reverse the script on this shutdown...
Why is the federal government subsidizing Obamacare? All that does is hit Joe Taxpayer and enrich insurance companies, pharma and hospital.
Whatever is subsidized becomes more expensive.
We generally like people that don’t put up with anything and gives tue powers that be, a hard time.
However, shooting off the hip like this is extremely annoying.
“In 2023 and 2024, 80 percent of marketplace enrollees could find a plan for $10 or less per month on HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace that operates in 31 states (19 states and the District of Columbia run their own marketplaces).”
“The enhanced subsidies have translated into higher enrollment in ACA marketplace plans and fewer uninsured people. They helped increase enrollment in the marketplaces from 12 million in 2021 to a record 24.2 million in 2025.”
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“Medicare Premium Bill....Current Premium Due...Total Amount Due $555.00 by 10/25/2025”
That’s from a document that came yesterday.
That’s $185/month.
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FAIR SHARE PPACA PREMIUM MINIMUMS
I would impose these premium minimums, whichever is the higher:
1. 2% of the Medicare premium amount per insured year of age as of the start of coverage
2. a percentage of the premium amount equal to the household income percentage of FPL - 60% divided by 3
For a 5-year-old, 7-year-old, 32-year-old and 34-year-old, the ages would sum to 88 and the monthly absolute minimum premium amount would be a (88/65)*$185 or $250.46.
For a 5-year-old kid and a 27-year-old mom the ages would sum to 32 and the monthly absolute minimum premium amount would be (32/65)*$185 or $91.07.
To make all that palatable to the Democrats, I would lower the original PPACA subsidy threshold from 100% of FPL to 80% of FPL.
The covid emergency has ended a while ago (if there was ever any real emergency to begin with)
“DOUBLING!!!”
$50/month to $100/month
The horror!
Medicare is $185/month.
Greene’s Georgia is not a Medicaid expansion state.
Neither are Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kansas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
MTG is an idiot
No one I know of likes Obamacare, it’s favored Big Insurance more than anyone, but at the same time the GOP needs something to mitigate what may befall some middle class Americans - a potential premium increase:
Just sayin...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4344766/posts
I have to admit, the Republicans lasted longer than I thought they would before they began to cave to the Democrats.
Let me posit a thought - Do Democrats even want to reopen a government that is not giving them what they want? If their objective is to overthrow the government wouldn’t the job be made easy by not going along with funding the government including ICE, the military, federal law enforcement, etc? They know they have burned all their bridges behind them and their only hope now seems strategically to shut the whole thing down, let it crash, so true to the Marxist philosophy it can then be rebuilt into their Communist nirvana.
MTG needs to STFU.
She has become insufferable! Another RINO showing her True Colors! Grrrr!
Wait. I'm confused. To what party does she belong?
“For example, with the enhanced tax credits in place, an individual making $28,000 will pay no more than around 1% ($325) of their annual income towards a benchmark plan. If the enhanced tax credits expire, this same individual would pay nearly 6% of their income ($1,562 annually) towards a benchmark plan in 2026.”
I’ve already paid more for Medicare Part B this year and another payment of $555 is due soon.
Lord, that woman is as dumb as a box of rocks, on top of being a drama queen.
Marjorie Taylor Always Bitching Greene
Suggested PPACA coverage modifications:
Silver plans would be limited to a maximum deductible of three times [$5028] the Medicare Part A amount [2025: $1676].
I would also make bronze plans low cost by having 50% co-pays up to $10,000 with the $10,000 paid up front to the insurance company by the insured. If and how each $10,000 would get invested would be subject to contract. Unused amounts of the $10,000s would be refunded after each policy is closed out. A policy would not be closed out until the time allowed for claim submission has expired.
I would also make copper plans low cost by only covering Part A scope items plus what Part B would pay for any general or regional anesthesia surgery. These policies would be like the Blue Cross/Blue Shield policies of my youth.
I would allow Federal PPACA exchanges to offer Interstate Class Drug Plans,
exempt from state control that cover under contract at the time of policy issue at least:
1. 80% of all FDA-approved recombinant drugs by key active entity
2. 80% of all key FDA breakthrough chemical active entities under patent as of January 1 of the coverage year
used in a drug approved by the FDA by August 1 prior
3. 80% of all key chemical active entities under patent as of January 1 of the coverage year
used in a drug approved by the FDA by August 1 prior
4. 90% of all WHO “essential” drugs
This system would allow for genuine negotiation between drug plans and drug companies. Drug plans would have an incentive to try to buy drugs from drug companies and drug companies would have an incentive to make deals to make sales.
Plan in-network drugs would be supplied at on an all-the doctors prescribe basis. The co-pays would be roughly equal to mere manufacturing cost. Out-of-plan drugs need not be covered at all.
The copper, bronze and Interstate Class Drug Plans would not be subsidy eligible.
It was already double. The gov was stupidly paying half of it on a temporary COVID basis.
Of course Dems want it permanent and if they get their way, the socialist subsidy of an already socialist policy will just keep increasing.
MS Greene works for the other side & for her own promotion. OCare is a monster who served no one well & distorted health insurance. It’s time for it to die.
She’s wrong here and should STFU.