Some young or people bad with money will spend that money elsewhere.

[applegrove]

The Goal for the GOP is the same: fewer people with healthcare.

This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?

He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.

— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) 2025-11-08T16:40:03.493Z

[leftstreet]

1. If it's affordable, why is it being subsidized?

I don't think either party wants this conversation to continue

[RandomNumbers]

7. Affordable for the patient

The reason it's unaffordable generally is - the C word.

Capitalism.

"Health" care sold for profit.

The goal of ACA was to make it affordable for the people who need it. It is much more difficult to quash capitalism than to subsidize it.

The "public option" seemed liked a potential toehold to create a truly affordable option. But we couldn't get that through Congress, remember?

[fujiyamasan]

10. It's a similar situation with college tuition costs

Most universities and health care providers are “not for profit” which in reality means absolutely nothing. It’s a tax shelter and their CEOs, university president, administrators, coaches and everyone else at the top are making bank. We should stop glorifying all of them. The funniest thing is, the people defending these salaries are the least educated and often haven’t even attended these institutions.

In ways they’re worse than actual corporations, because not for profits have become notorious for taking tons of government subsidies and providing mediocre services. It’s the worst capitalism has to offer. This patchwork of subsidies for basic services has led to incredible inefficiencies.

This has also allowed MAGA style populism to flourish. Whatever issues I have with Sanders, he’s one of the few that has called entire health care and university systems into question.

Eventually these hemorrhaging will seep through all of the bandages.

[MichMan]

13. I remember when the ACA was passed, we were told costs would go down by $2500 per family

[BeerBarrelPolka]

2. Where's my $5000 from Musk/DOGE?

[applegrove]

3. Yes and could they not use some of the 17 Triilion dollars

raised from Tariffs to fund SNAP?

[BeerBarrelPolka]

5. This

Why doesn't anyone in the media, just anyone, call him out on that stuff?

[W_HAMILTON]

4. I was about to say this same thing. Or my fucking payout from all the tariffs?

[BeerBarrelPolka]

6. Yep

I have never in my life seen or heard of anyone who lies more than Trump. No one.

[fishwax]

8. the man has a lot of stupid ideas

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. Omg

[ultralite001]

11. Hy Brazil is not sinking...

I repeat… It’s not sinking…

(You may want to turn on the subtitles / closed captioning)

From Erik the Viking, 1989

[pecosbob]

12. Better solution...eliminate the 'money-sucking' insurance companies, and provide single-payer insurance.

Eliminate the parasitic Medicaire Plus industry as well.