Healthcare could be Republicans’ final nail in the coffin this November  

For the past 15 years, Republican health care policy has been simple: ObamaCare stinks (end of policy).  

But that’s not just working, and it’s adding to their troubles in the 2026 midterms. 

Health insurance premiums for 2027 are rocketing, and the announcements are arriving right before the November elections. Businesses are looking at an 8 percent hike, well above inflation. And some of that cost will be passed on to employees. Premiums for individuals through the marketplace are going up, too — an average of 16 percent in Pennsylvania, 15 percent in Ohio, and between 12 and 16 percent in Iowa. Everyone is going to feel the pain. 

Sure, President Trump cut some deals for cheaper drugs for Medicaid and discounts via Trump Rx coupons. But those deals have barely dented the real cost. Yes, the Bureau of Labor Statistics claims health care inflation is down. Conveniently, the Consumer Price Index includes only a portion of health insurance premiums. Inconveniently for Trump and the Republicans, people still have to pay those premiums in full — and they are going up. 

This is all reminiscent of the Biden administration. Recall Team Biden stubbornly insisting inflation was not a problem — just fake news by right-wing propagandists. What the non-geniuses on Team Biden forgot was that the consumer price index doesn’t include interest rates, which more than doubled. That means out-of-pocket costs for buying and financing a house — or anything else financed — went up more than 80 percent.

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