{"id":10453,"date":"2025-11-09T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/republicans-turn-their-attention-to-bashing-obamacare-as-shutdown-enters-day-39\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:00:11","slug":"republicans-turn-their-attention-to-bashing-obamacare-as-shutdown-enters-day-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/republicans-turn-their-attention-to-bashing-obamacare-as-shutdown-enters-day-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans turn their attention to bashing Obamacare as shutdown enters day 39"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amid a 39-day government shutdown, Republican after Republican took to the Senate<\/a> floor on Saturday to blast the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, calling the program a failed approach to addressing the country\u2019s health care needs.<\/p>\n

Sen. Lindsey Graham,<\/a> R-S.C., went as far as to say the current system might need replacing.<\/p>\n

“You were promised when Obamacare passed in 2010, President Obama said, that every family in America who participated in this thing would have a $2,500 savings in premium reductions. It\u2019s been like a 100% increase. This thing is unsustainable,” Graham said.<\/p>\n

FLASHBACK: TED CRUZ PREDICTS BALLOONING OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES NOW AT CENTER OF SHUTDOWN FIGHT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“We’re going to replace this broken system with something that is actually better for the consumer to meet the goal of lowering health care costs,” Graham added.<\/p>\n

Graham wasn’t the only Republican voice to speak out against Obamacare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I hate to report that folks on the other side refused to acknowledge the very obvious damage being done across the board by Obamacare,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said. “The problem we have in healthcare is we’ve largely driven free-market principles out of healthcare. That’s because of the faulty design of Obamacare. It’s got to be fixed.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., a former health care executive and longtime critic of the program, joined in.<\/p>\n

“It’s all caused by Obamacare. When the government gets involved in things, they often go up in price,” Scott said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Notably, Republican criticisms of Obamacare on Saturday went beyond the front-and-center issue holding up consideration of government funding.<\/p>\n

Where Republicans have advanced a short-term spending package meant to keep the government open through Nov. 21, Democrats have rejected it<\/a> 14 times, demanding that lawmakers first consider extending COVD-era emergency tax subsidies for Obamacare plan holders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Republicans, who maintain the temporary subsidies and their expiration have nothing to do with government spending, have largely focused their attention on the shutdown itself instead of engaging in a debate over the COVID-era assistance. They\u2019ve said they will negotiate on the subsidies when the government reopens.<\/p>\n

But President Donald Trump changed the picture on Saturday morning in a post to Truth Social by arguing that lawmakers should re-structure the enhanced subsidies so that they go directly to the policyholders instead of insurance companies who currently receive the tax credit payments.<\/p>\n

TRUMP URGES SENATE REPUBLICANS TO REDIRECT FUNDS FROM OBAMACARE-BACKED INSURERS, PAY AMERICANS DIRECTLY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In the wake of Trump\u2019s suggestion, lawmakers began blasting Obamacare\u2019s structure.<\/p>\n

“Obamacare costs the federal government closer to $150 billion a year. That\u2019s right. We\u2019re spending $150 billion of your tax-earned dollars supplementing other people\u2019s health care,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., said.<\/p>\n

“When they sold this to the American people, they said it would cost $40 or $50 billion, but we\u2019re triple that. That\u2019s $400 million a day,” he added.<\/p>\n

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, echoed those comments, arguing that Obamacare had missed the mark on its original design.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s clear that Obamacare has failed to deliver on its promises,” Ernst said. “The answer isn\u2019t throwing more money into a broken system. What we need to do is fix what\u2019s broken. We can end that waste.”<\/p>\n

HOUSE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED OVER OBAMACARE AS GOP EYES FIX AFTER SHUTDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Like Ernst and Marshall, Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio., also took to the floor, calling for Congress to evaluate the source of climbing health care costs.<\/p>\n

“So, I hope we want to get at the costs and the cause of what\u2019s affecting the unaffordability of health care in this country. Health care has increased since Obamacare started by 6% a year while overall inflation has been 3% or less,” Husted said.<\/p>\n

“I hope we will reopen the government and begin serving the American people while we continue the very important conversation of how we make health care more affordable,” he added.<\/p>\n

Although Sen. Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has kept the Senate in session over the weekend while lawmakers attempt to break the gridlock, it\u2019s unclear when lawmakers will next consider spending legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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