By shutting down the government and ripping away tax credits, Republicans started a fight, screwing over their own voters. Now, after widespread outrage about premium hikes, they admit they’re losing the fight.
SHOT: KFF Analysis Shows More Than Half of ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in Republican Congressional Districts. “Nearly six in ten Marketplace enrollees (57%) live in congressional districts represented by a Republican. … At least 10% of the population is enrolled in ACA Marketplace plans throughout all congressional districts in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, along with almost all in Texas and Utah.” [KFF, 10/06/25]
CHASER: GOP Strategist Says “Republicans Are Going To Cave” And Extend ACA Tax Credits “‘I think, sadly, Republicans are going to cave on this in the end. The bottom line is that Democrats were really shrewd when they put the ObamaCare subsidies in the plan,’ Short, who served as former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, said on NBC News’s ‘Meet the Press.’” [The Hill, 10/06/25]