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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes (www.nbcnews.com)
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Greene said she's "not a fan" of Obamacare but complained that her "own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE" if Congress ignores the issue.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., broke with her party Monday evening by calling for action on expiring Obamacare subsidies to avoid premium hikes, adding a prominent MAGA voice to the cause led by Democrats.

In a long post on X, Greene, the far-right MAGA firebrand, made it clear she was not in Congress when the 2010 law passed.

“Let’s just say as nicely as possible, I’m not a fan,” she wrote. “But I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district.”

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[+] -16 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I've gone many years without coverage and paid for minimal care with negotiated smaller cash payments up front. Then I was forced to pay for insurance with a massive out of pocket and had no care at all for the first handful of years of the ACA even though I technically finally had "insurance". The system is so broken we need to finish breaking it and build it again without profit. I lived without care for over a decade, people can go a few months.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You survived so everyone else should too? That's ridiculous and self-absorbed.

    Did you have cancer? Or diabetes? Heart disease? Were you in a car accident? Asthma? Back problems? Osteoperosis?

    Because some of the people you just said you want to remove medical coverage for will have those problems.

    You're lucky you survived without coverage. They might not be.

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  • [+] -11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yes I have had a bunch of conditions and still do. Deadly. Paralyzing. Blinding. Bowel destroying. Heart destroying. And more. I still haven't been to the dentist in 25 years. I've been to the doctor once in that time.

    You know what, I am for everyone getting care. But not until everyone can get care. Don't ask for me to help pay for care for others when I can't afford care myself. Until I can receive care too, my answer to paying for others' care is solidly no.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, for sure, man, everyone believes you have a bunch of deadly, debilitating issues that you've allowed to go mostly untreated for 25 years. Those sure are deadly conditions, you know, the conditions that you can ignore for decades.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Don't ask for me to help pay for care for others when I can't afford care myself. Until I can receive care too, my answer to paying for others' care is solidly no.

    yknow the point of single payer is that it becomes cheaper for everyone because you all of a sudden have bargaining power… right?

    you could afford healthcare if you contributed to a big pool that paid for everyone… and more importantly, set the prices of care however they damn well please

    single payer is like a union, but far more powerful because it’s a monopoly (and a monopoly that’s actually good because it’s for the benefit of all)

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    There are literally millions of people that would most likely die if they went without care for “a few months”

    Not to mention, what is a few months? Its been nearly a week and these people cant even restart the government. A few months of further negotiation would probably be 24 months or some shit

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The "burn it all down" thinking is how we have so many Trump voters.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    It all needs to be burned down. This isn't a uniquely American issue, as the cracks are becoming impossible to ignore across the entire western world, but the right wing here and abroad are the only ones advocating the the dissolution of our broken systems. The problem is that they want to build everything back up to benefit exclusively the wealthiest in society, while the liberal centerists who are the main opposition want to continue to slap bandaids on what is clearly a lost cause. The far right will continue to gain ground and pulverize everything in their path if the mainstream "left" (Democrats/Labour/Liberal/Rennasisance/SDP/Civic Platform etc) continues to operate as is. Radical change is coming, but the liberal parties are too busy trying to ensure that change doesn't come from the left.

    America is probably the most difficult to change since the Democrats have lost just about all credibility nationwide, but France is a perfect example of what i am trying to explain. Macron's centrist Rennasisance party has clearly lost public support, since every prime minister he appoints gets bullied out of power by both the leftist alliance and National Rally. He has to chose one to make concessions to, but refuses to enter talks with the Left Block, and any agreement with National Rally would put Len Pen in charge. Until these centrist parties start to actually address the issues their citizens are facing, said citizens will continue to flock to parties that are promoting radical change, regardless of what that change entails.

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