"President Donald Trump dismissed a reporter's question about skyrocketing healthcare costs, griping, You make it sound so bad. At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire, said a reporter. What's your message to those 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up Well, don't make it sound so bad, Trump interrupted, because obviously, you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans."
"He went on to call Obamacare horrible health insurance, accusing Democrats of being totally controlled by insurance companies. I want to see the billions of dollars go to the people, not the insurance companies, the president continued. I want to see the people go out and buy themselves great healthcare. Much better healthcare at very little cost. After Trump first touted this idea to give the money to the people to buy their own healthcare in early November,"
"Meanwhile, Pod Save America host Jon Favreau wrote on X, 80 years as a human and 10 years in politics and he has no idea how health insurance works. Trump's interruption in the Oval Office comes as the Senate on Thursday deadlocked on competing Democratic and Republican plans to prevent rising health insurance premiums, effectively ensuring that the Affordable Care Act's expanded tax subsidies will expire at the end of the month."
President Donald Trump interrupted a reporter in the Oval Office, dismissing concerns about rising health insurance premiums and criticizing Democrats as controlled by insurance companies. He called Obamacare "horrible health insurance" and repeated a proposal to send billions to individuals so they can buy their own healthcare at lower cost. Critics questioned whether people would still purchase plans from insurers, and commentator Jon Favreau said Trump lacks understanding of how health insurance works. Meanwhile, the Senate deadlocked on competing plans to prevent premium increases, with Democrats failing to extend ACA subsidies and Republicans proposing expanded HSAs and limited direct payments, setting up a major health-care fight.
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