Leftists at Politico push congress to increase taxpayer subsidies for Obozocare

You have no idea how cunningly the Left is sucking money out of your pocket to give extra "freebies" to their voters--and how aggressively the Left uses its Media lackeys to defend such "subsidies" when a bill threatens to cut 'em.  So here's a Politico piece from today (2 June) titled

Plans, states warn of Obamacare chaos due to GOP megabill

Sub-head: "A last-minute change to the House bill threw a curve-ball to Obamacare insurers who already set their rates for 2026"

Private insurers and state officials are warning of utter chaos in the insurance markets if a last-minute change to the House GOP’s megabill survives in the Senate.

The policy could lead to higher premiums for people who shop for plans on the Obamacare exchanges.

Say, sparky: what are the pipo "exchanging" on those "Obamacare exchanges," eh?  Nothing, of course.  It's just a label-job for "Come here, Dem voters, an' duh taxpayer gon' gibs you health insurance for 90% off!"

Politico wails dat duh bill gon' "cause massive turmoil for actuaries, and leave brokers and state officials with little time between [now and] when open enrollment starts again in the fall to understand the many ways the change affects Affordable Care Act plans." 

Ahh, so yew only gots 3 months to unnerstand dis change, eh?  Wow, iz dat gon' cut into yo' plans to vacay in Switzerland dis summer?

See, under the bill, "certain federal payments to insurers" that Trump canceled during his first term would resume next year, but only if plans refuse to cover abortions, which they are obligated to cover in 12 states and DC.

Didja get that, citizen?  To get the last Democrat vote to get Obozocare to pass, Obozo's minions absolutely, solemnly promised that under hiz faabulous plan, no taxpayer dollars would be used to pay for abortions.  That lasted for an entire one second after Obozo signed the bill--at which point it wuz "NOOooo, we nevah sed dat!"

One insurance executive says the bill "could lead to insurance premiums increasing so steeply they could jeopardize the Obamacare market.

Stop right there.  This whole purpose of article by the leftist bastards at Politico is about grabbing more tax dollars to give to insurance companies to subsidize the cost of health insurance for low-income people--including illegal aliens.  Dems hate the new bill, so Politico fawningly camouflages the story to hide the truth--that it's trying to extort money--til the 20th 'graf, knowing almost no one reads that far.

Insurers in most states have already submitted two sets of rates for the 2026 plan year to account for the uncertainty over whether the subsidies created in 2021 will be extended. But the return of federal payments to insurers for reducing cost-sharing for low-income customers wasn’t on their radar.

Ahh, "reduced cost-sharing," y'say?  Gosh, does that mean taxpayers are paying health-insurance companies to give lower premiums for duh po,' an' illegals?

Why yes, it does.  But notice how the phrase "reducing cost-sharing" utterly hides that effect.

The executive director of Pennsylvania’s Obamacare exchange wailed that higher premiums "will make it harder to enroll.”  Really?  Nah, enrolling is still easy, but unless the Dems get their way, more of that cost will be on customers... UNLESS senate Dems can amend the bill to eliminate this.

The biggest insurer trade group, AHIP, warned that the "return of cost-sharing reduction (CSRs) payments would inject immediate instability into the markets." 

Translation: "Reducing taxpayer-funded subsidies would reduce our income."  But of course dey don' wanna actually SAY dat.

Another insurance company exec bleats “Millions of Americans would face steep premium hikes for coverage next year.”   "Four million people would likely lose insurance if the subsidies go away, according to an estimate from the left-leaning think tank Commonwealth Fund."

But even if senate Democrats fail to delete this provision, states that require taxpayers to pay for abortion coverage could work around the new law.  For example, Colorado requires that Obamacare pay for abortions, and still plans to use "the loophole."  "If it's barred by law from doing so, premiums could increase by roughly 40 percent for most customers.  State experts predict thousands would lose coverage."

Colorado's Democrat insurance commissioner wailed “People need to know that if this bill is passed by the senate, their access to health care is at risk.”  Where "at risk" means it'll cost twenty bucks more per month.  OOoohhh, can't have dat, eh?  We wouldn't wanna give up one extra bag of dope, eh? 

Maryland also requires Obozocare to pay for abortions, and the state says premiums would go up if the bill passes.  The executive director of the state's Obamacare exchange says  “The only option is to pass that increase on to the consumer.”

SO...as all rational adults knew would happen, the cost of Obozocare will continue to increase, just as happens with the cost of Medicare and Medicaid.  Because once a big bloc of voters has their nose in the free-shit pipeline, insurance companies will use that threat of increased premiums on po' Dem voters to pressure the dumbshits who run congress to pay ever-increasing amounts to insurers--ostensibly because failing to do that will result in some pipol being unable to afford health insurance.
   So what happens is, once a group gets free shit, for all practical purposes that freebie can never be taken away.

Of course if a majority in congress gave a damn about the future of the country, they'd put an end to that bullshit.  But of course congresscritters will always vote to continue giving supposedly free shit to people who will vote to re-elect 'em--for life.

So as with the DOGE cuts: federal judges blocked the cuts and firings in every case, DECREEING that either a) DOGE wasn't authorized by congress, so is thus illegal; or b) that the cuts of employees weren't in accordance wif' "due process;" or c) that the president can't refuse to spend money appropriated by congress.

One or more of those arguments will prevail, and nothing will be done.  But of course all rational adults already guessed that, eh?

Source: Politico

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/02/congress/plans-states-warn-of-obamacare-chaos-due-to-gop-megabill-00377395

Great idea for a new "reality show"