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Airing this week on The Chris Salcedo Show, Rep. Ronny Jackson took aim at the progressive duo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders for the exact kind of policies that put Americans last and government largesse first. Jackson argued — rightly — that when elected officials openly flirt with expanding taxpayer-funded healthcare beyond citizens and lawful residents, hardworking Americans get squeezed and our health system is driven farther from competence and toward chaos.
Progressives have been explicit about their priorities: bills and proposals circulating in Democratic circles would remove long-standing barriers to public programs and expand who can access federal and state benefits. The so-called HEAL for Immigrant Families Act and similar efforts championed by the left-wing coalition plainly aim to widen access, a powerfully ideological move that carries real budgetary consequences.
Conservative Americans should not be gaslit into thinking these are harmless policy tweaks. The White House itself has highlighted estimates that Democratic proposals could cost hundreds of billions over the next decade, money that would otherwise go to Americans in need or to stabilizing rural hospitals and veterans’ care. If Washington insists on expanding the rolls for entitlements, expect higher premiums, longer waits, and fewer resources for the sick and elderly who paid into the system for decades.
Meanwhile, AOC’s and Sanders’ rhetoric about healthcare as a “human right” and their flirtation with single-payer fantasies reveals the real agenda: centralized control, more government, and less choice. These are not abstract debates — they translate into real policy pushes to shift costs and control to the federal bureaucracy, the same bureaucracy that already struggles to deliver consistent, quality care. Voters deserve clarity about that tradeoff.
Ronny Jackson and other conservatives are right to call out the mismatch between progressive promises and practical outcomes. Americans want compassion, but they also want competence and accountability; funneling more taxpayer dollars toward people who arrived here illegally without fixing the fraud, waste, and abuse in current programs is neither compassionate nor responsible. The AP’s fact-checks and the broader public debate show this is a fight over priorities — not merely politics.
If Republicans are serious about governing, they must do more than scream about “open borders” on cable; they must defend the principle that the social safety net exists to serve citizens and lawful residents first. Leaders like Jackson are doing the necessary work of drawing a line in the sand: America-first policy means protecting American patients, taxpayers, and the integrity of healthcare delivery. The choice is stark — preserve a functioning system for Americans, or hand it over to experiment and ideology.
This debate will define elections and livelihoods. Hardworking families in Akron, Phoenix, and small-town America need representatives who fight for practical solutions that lower costs and improve care for them, not ideological showmanship that risks turning our hospitals into another item on a global wish list. Stand with the patriots who put citizens first, and demand that Washington stop sacrificing American healthcare on the altar of woke redistribution.
