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.”

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    16 hours ago

    The affordable care act has been garbage since day one.

    Yes. The GoP stymied it at step1 of 50.

    We pay more for care than anyone else in the world.

    Yes. Your people do, your clinics do. This is a supply-side problem that single-payer clamps down on hard: adjust pricing or get no business.

    Time to completely remove profit from healthcare in the US.

    Absolutely.

    A bandaid to Obamacare isn’t worth the time.

    Don’t abandon the effort at the first failure of the first step.

    We need step 2 and 3 and 4 and…

    Although the Canadian system is being polluted and poisoned by mercenary care access and currently under threat due to so many doctors noping out of being threatened by antivax hillbillies, the Canadian system is normally effective, supported by taxpayers fully, and the average Canadian pays 1% less income tax than an American at the same income – even with healthcare in there. It scales with income, and I’m proud to be making enough that I can support someone who pays nothing.

    20% of us are on free basic dental care too. It’s new and beta, but it’s got potential.

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      The ACA passed with zero Republican votes. The reason the ACA is garbage is not because of Republicans. It is because of bought and paid for Democrats. They’ll never give us health care without profit, your step 3 or 4. The people need to seize it.