Obamacare is a massive failure, the GOP shouldn’t bail it out

Published October 1, 2025 11:23am ET



Since Democrats have shut down the federal government because they want another $1.5 trillion bailout of Obamacare, it’s a good time to remind everyone that the law has been a wide-ranging and expensive fiasco. Virtually every promise made by Democrats regarding the Affordable Care Act has failed to come true.

Former President Barack Obama, of course, infamously promised that Americans could keep their preferred insurance if they desired, though he knew better. By the end of his second term, around 7 million people had been booted from their insurance because of the Affordable Care Act. Who knows how many have been dropped since.

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