Carl Higbie didn’t tiptoe around Obamacare on his show — he tore the mask off a failed, expensive experiment and called out the architects of the mess who still demand more money to paper over their mistake. Hardworking Americans watching heard exactly what they already know: Washington promised more choice and lower costs and delivered a sprawling entitlement that picks winners, punishes success, and leaves citizens paying the bill.
Higbie’s takedown was righteous and rooted in reality — he reminded viewers that the law’s architects designed a system that would be hard to unwind, then blamed everyone else when it became unpopular and unaffordable. That’s been the pattern: create dependency with promises, then demand more cash and control when the fix proves unsustainable. The truth is ugly, and he said it plainly: Obamacare has been a miserable failure.
The numbers back him up. Insurers are submitting rate filings that show the largest proposed premium increases in years, an unmistakable signal that the system is breaking under its own weight and that temporary gimmicks can’t hide structural rot. When people wake up and see bills spike by double digits because subsidies and one-time fixes are gone, there will be no polite way for Democrats to dodge accountability.
Worse, the temporary subsidies that masked the real costs are expiring, and analyses show ordinary Americans face crushing premium hikes unless Congress acts — not to rescue a political program, but to protect families who were promised affordable care. Yet every time Washington throws more money at the problem, it rewards the same waste and consolidation that drove costs up in the first place, leaving taxpayers on the hook and choice nowhere to be found.
This isn’t just wonky policy talk; it’s about people losing access to doctors, small businesses getting squeezed, and a health-care sector distorted by regulations that favor big players. Conservatives like Higbie aren’t satisfied with moralizing about compassion from the left — we want real solutions that restore competition, cut surprise costs, and let families choose the care that works for them, not the plan that fits a bureaucrat’s checklist.
The political lesson is clear: voters are tired of being lectured and then charged more for the privilege. Higbie’s showdown with Obamacare is the kind of straight talk this country needs right now — expose the failures, stop pouring good money after bad, and force policymakers to offer real alternatives instead of slaps on the wrist and temporary subsidies. The American people deserve health care that’s affordable and accountable, not an ever-growing government monopoly sold as compassion.
