"Americans who rely on Obamacare are hoping Congress might be able to address the skyrocketing premiums"

[Miles Archer]

Yeah. America's "hoping," and I'm sure Congress is gonna get RIGHT ON IT.

As the calendar flipped to 2026 on Thursday, millions of Americans who purchase their health insurance through Obamacare are ringing in the New Year with an unwelcome gift: health care premiums that are more than doubling in most cases.

At midnight, the Obamacare subsidies that had helped many Americans afford insurance finally expired, after lawmakers failed to agree on a plan to extend the enhanced tax credits.

Now, Americans who rely on Obamacare are hoping Congress might be able to address the skyrocketing premiums in the next few weeks.

By the middle of January, the House is expected to pass a Democratic bill to renew the subsidies for three years. That bill will not become law — it already failed in the Senate previously — but lawmakers in both parties hope the legislation will spur Congress to rally around what has long proved elusive: a bipartisan agreement to address Obamacare costs.

https://www.ms.now/news/new-year-congress-obamacare-subsides-lapse

[edhopper]

1. Congress already addressed this

They said Fuck You to Americans.

[Miles Archer]

2. The article went on to say that....

...Dems are writing a bill to extend the premiums for three years, which...if it makes it to the Senate, will die there...but they will use it to "negotiate."

Republicans want what they have wanted for MANY YEARS, which is the American people, thrust into the marketplace to buy their own health insurance.

Which will mean exorbitant prices for coverage which will deny pre-existing conditions.

But hey...Congress is still on holiday break. Let's not bother them with this.

[Bettie]

3. Given how their "negotiating"

Has gone recently, I am not very hopeful.

To be fair, I am recovering from an auto accident and am not feeling good about anything. I am pretty damned crabby

[edhopper]

5. Hope you feel better soon

I am recovering from the first year of Trump and feel crabby too.

[underpants]

4. 🤔🧐✏️ let's look at the equation

X x Z = Y

X is the product/want/need
Z is the price
Y is ….WHY THE F are we paying for someone to make money of this?

[mackdaddy]

6. The REPUBLICANS did this to them On Purpose!

And the Democrats did everything they could to stop these increases. (and they created the ACA in the first place.)

This needs to be shouted from the rooftops.