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Watching Rep. Ronny Jackson dismantle the liberal fantasy on The Chris Salcedo Show was like watching common sense reassert itself on behalf of hardworking Americans. Jackson pushed back hard against the photograph-perfect slogans from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, arguing that their brand of government-run medicine and giveaway politics would make care scarcer and more expensive for the people who actually pay the bills. Their recent crusade to cast health care as an unlimited entitlement, even as the left flirts loudly with expanding benefits, is a recipe for ruined hospitals and longer wait times.
AOC and Bernie have been on a full-court press insisting Republicans will let premiums skyrocket and that only Democrats will stand between you and financial ruin, but their messaging papered over the real trade-offs. In a widely circulated video they warned that Republican policies would double insurance premiums for millions, framing their interventions as a moral crusade while offering little in the way of workable reforms. That rhetoric sounds noble on a stage, but policy is not a slogan, and consequences are paid for out of the pockets of everyday Americans.
When pressed about whether undocumented migrants should receive taxpayer-funded health benefits, AOC refused to give a straight answer — a dodge that speaks volumes. Rather than confront the practical and moral questions of prioritizing citizens and legal immigrants first, she offered abstractions about healthcare being a human right and circled back to single-payer talking points. Voters deserve clarity: if you believe Americans should be last in line for medical care, say it plainly so we can judge your priorities.
Democrats’ defenders will insist the party isn’t trying to hand out free, ongoing federal healthcare to anyone who crosses the border, and fact-checkers have, not surprisingly, pushed back on some of the scariest GOP claims. But nuance and real life get lost in the spin: emergency care loopholes and state-level programs already create backdoor expenditures that eat at the same strained system Americans rely on. The public is right to be furious that a party promising government solutions keeps dodging the math and the borders that make this a real-world problem.
Even establishment figures like the CMS administrator have flagged that Medicaid money has flowed in surprising ways, with reviews pointing to significant sums going to undocumented individuals under certain circumstances. That’s not an invitation to panic; it is a warning that policy gaps exist and that any expansion without border control or fiscal safeguards will be exploited. Republicans like Jackson who demand accountability and insist we fix the system before widening it are not the radicals here — the radicalism is sanctifying unlimited spending while our hospitals and taxpayers pay the bill.
Conservative readers should not be shy about calling this what it is: a left-wing attempt to socialize medicine by stealth, wrapped in performative empathy. Real reform would lower costs, increase access for citizens and legal residents, and protect the fiscally vulnerable without collapsing incentives or ignoring the border. Stand with lawmakers who put American families first, support targeted fixes that actually improve patient care, and reject the theatrical virtue-signaling that sacrifices our veterans, seniors, and working people on the altar of ideology.
This debate is about values and priorities, and hardworking Americans know the difference between charity and policy. We will not let radical activists or self-styled saviors turn our healthcare system into a blank check for open borders and endless entitlement. It’s time for Congress to listen to voters, secure the border, repair Medicaid where it’s broken, and stop the Washington class from experimenting with our lives in the name of slogans.
