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Obamacare was always flawed
Los Angeles Times
|December 24, 2025
Re "GOP's only healthcare plan is to kill Obamacare," Business Voices, Dec. 18
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Business columnist Michael Hiltzik claims that Republicans have tried to kill Obamacare “without offering a cogent explanation why.” But guess what? The demands to subsidize skyrocketing premiums are de facto proof that Obamacare has failed. What more do we need to declare it unaffordable and in need of radical revision or replacement?
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 extended subsidies through 2025, expiring now.
Cries to spend billions more to keep Obamacare alive prove that going forward is unsustainable. The old saying “good money after bad” has never been more relevant.
This story is from the December 24, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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