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Republican Rep. Rich McCormick laid out the obvious on Newsmax’s Wake Up America, calling out Democrats for trying to paper over a broken system by extending Obamacare subsidies without meaningful reform. He rightly warned that throwing more money at a failed policy while refusing to change the incentives will only reward insurers and jack up costs for taxpayers and families.
McCormick — an emergency physician who sees how the system actually works — pointed to the obscene results of the current regime: surging premiums, insurers raking in bigger profits while Americans pay more, and doctors squeezed by bureaucracy. His critique is not rhetoric; it’s the lived experience of patients and providers who suffer when government policy rewards middlemen instead of encouraging competition and transparency.
The Democrats’ plan to insist on a cash extension of enhanced tax credits without structural change smells like politics first, policy last. They’re manufacturing a crisis to blame Republicans for price hikes they helped create, hoping voters will swallow a temporary bandage instead of demanding accountability and long-term solutions. That kind of cynical political theater should anger every patriotic American who’s tired of being played.
Conservatives aren’t proposing chaos; we’re pushing for reforms that actually lower costs — things like expanded Health Savings Accounts, price transparency, tort reform, and policies that let consumers shop across state lines. Republicans in Congress have offered real alternatives and more consumer-centered approaches, while Democrats double down on taxpayer-funded handouts that leave the underlying problems untouched. The choice is clear: reform that empowers Americans, or continued dependence on an unaffordable status quo.
McCormick also warned that leaders like Chuck Schumer are willing to prolong pain to score political points, and he urged his colleagues to stand firm on fiscal responsibility and honest reform. That resolve matters because millions of families face higher premiums and uncertainty if Washington punts on real change; we can’t let partisan posturing dictate the future of American healthcare.
Americans deserve better than shopworn short-term fixes and Democrat finger-pointing when their policies are the cause of the problem. If conservatives refuse to be bullied into rubber-stamping another subsidy bailout, we can force a debate about accountability, cost control, and restoring competitive markets that put power back in the hands of patients and doctors. That’s the fight Dr. McCormick is describing, and it’s the fight worthy of hardworking Americans who demand results, not excuses.
