The Schumer Liberals are running around the newsrooms screaming that Americans will face giant premium increases if the CR passes and the government is reopened, but these two things are almost completely unrelated.

Yes, health care costs have become unaffordable thanks to the collapse of Obamacare (aka, the Affordable Care Act). But the expiration of the Obamacare COVID credits only accounts for 3% of expected 2026 premiums. The rest is due to the failure of Obamacare in controlling costs.

From our friends at the Paragon Health Institute:

Preliminary 2026 benchmark rate filings reveal that the expiration of Biden’s COVID Credits, a temporary pandemic measure enhancing subsidies for ACA enrollees, accounts for only 4 percent of the expected 20 percent average premium increase next year. In other words, the sharp jump in premiums cannot be blamed on the phase-out of the enhanced subsidies. The real drivers are the same structural flaws that have plagued Obamacare since 2014 and rising health care costs.

The bottom line: Obamacare should be repealed and replaced with free market health care.