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Chris Salcedo put it bluntly on his show — Obamacare “was designed to fail and it’s failing” — and hardworking Americans watching aren’t surprised. Salcedo’s program on Newsmax has become a daily reality check for millions who see Washington’s failed promises playing out in their own budgets and bank accounts.
The claim that the Affordable Care Act was engineered in a way that guaranteed disappointment isn’t new, and it’s not a conspiracy; it’s the natural consequence of central planners writing rules that reward rent-seeking instead of competition. Lawmakers and commentators from both past and present have warned that the law’s structure funnels money to entrenched interests while leaving ordinary families with hollow coverage and crushing cost-sharing.
Let’s be candid: the biggest winners under this system have too often been the big insurance players, not patients. When subsidies and complex payment flows create guaranteed revenue streams, you get consolidation, higher prices, and CEOs celebrating while Main Street pays more for less access and worse networks.
The numbers back up the outrage. Marketplace plans have seen steady premium pressure and plan design that shifts costs onto patients, with average deductibles in the individual market still much higher than employer plans and insurers proposing hefty rate hikes for 2026. That’s what happens when policy encourages paperwork and subsidies over price transparency and patient control.
Worse, the temporary “enhanced” subsidies that masked sticker shock for millions are on the chopping block, and analyses show that letting them expire would send premiums and out-of-pocket costs skyrocketing for the very Americans the Democrats claim to help. If Congress walks away, families will see real consequences — more uninsured people, fewer choices, and a heavier tax burden to prop up an industry that’s already paid.
Conservatives aren’t arguing to abandon compassion; we’re demanding accountability and common-sense fixes that put cash and choice back into patients’ hands. Real reform means stripping away special deals for big carriers, expanding HSAs, encouraging price competition across state lines, and giving families the purchasing power to choose the care they actually need — not another bureaucratic band-aid.
This isn’t just policy hair-splitting — it’s about whether Americans keep their jobs, keep their doctors, and keep roofs over their kids’ heads. Patriots who love this country should demand better than an Obamacare bargain that enriches insiders while delivering poorer care to ordinary people; Congress must stop pretending the current path is sustainable and start delivering market-based solutions that restore dignity and affordability.
