Trump's GOP Is About to Fuck Over Its Own Base

Health insurance premiums in rural America are about to double overnight. Not because of inflation. Not because of hospitals. But because Republicans would rather protect billionaire tax breaks than keep farmers, ranchers, and working families insured. This is the shutdown fight they actually want. Time to log on.

Rural Americans are staring down a health care time bomb. At the end of this year, the Affordable Care Act’s expanded tax credits (read: the only thing making insurance affordable for tens of millions of Americans, especially in counties where Republicans’ big bullshit bill is already forcing hospitals to shutter and costs to skyrocket) are set to expire. Without them, families face a 239% increase in premiums. That means a 60-year-old couple in Iowa making $82,000 will see their bill explode from $602 a month to nearly $2044. Think about what $1,442 per month less means for your wallet.

What Republicans don’t want you to know is that 93% of people on the ACA rely on these subsidies. If they vanish, tens of millions of Americans will be priced out of healthcare. Millions will lose coverage and everyone else (even people with private insurance!) will see their costs rise because hospitals will be forced to eat more uncompensated care.

@jesscraven101Republicans are about to let health insurance costs DOUBLE for rural Americans, farmers, and ranchers 😤 Premiums could jump over 200% while they protect tax breaks for billionaires and subsidize Argentina’s right-wing government. #rural #farmers #healthcare #ACA#CapCut

The Shutdown Fight Republicans Actually Want

This is the fight that could shut down the government tomorrow. Not because Democrats are angling for a standoff but because Republicans are willing to let premiums double for rural families if it means protecting billionaire tax cuts. They do not give a flying fuck about your wellbeing. They want these credits gone forever because they’ve already locked in Trump’s tax breaks for the rich; the ones that blew a $4.5 trillion hole in the deficit. They need to keep the spigot open so they can fund their pet projects: bailing out the far-right Argentinian government, covering the costs of Trump’s tariff disasters, and building ballrooms for their donors.

Meanwhile, Democrats are actually fighting for the right thing: making these subsidies permanent so health insurance doesn’t become catastrophically unaffordable. And they’re doing it because they know the stakes. They know that if premiums double, rural America is cooked.

@micheleinstlThe ACA subsidies expiring is a MASSIVE deal - let’s break down why. #democrats #affordablecareact #runeverywhere

The Cruelty Is the Point

If it’s not clear yet, this isn’t really about health care. It’s about power. When Republicans say no to extending these subsidies, what they’re really saying is that rural Americans are expendable. Farmers, ranchers, working families: if you can’t pay, you don’t get care. If you can’t survive, too bad because we have billionaires to keep happy.

This is serious. Democrats need every ounce of backup they can get because if these subsidies disappear, we all pay. Rural hospitals will close and premiums will spike for everyone. The bottom line is: Trump’s own struggling voters don’t matter, but his billionaires buddies always will.