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Senator Roger Marshall pulled no punches on Newsmax’s Wake Up America this week, calling out the Affordable Care Act for what it has become: a taxpayer-funded pipeline straight into the pockets of Big Insurance. He highlighted that the law was effectively written by insurance lobbyists and argued that roughly $150 billion a year in federal dollars increasingly flows to insurers instead of patients, a fact that ought to make every hardworking American angry.
Marshall didn’t stop at criticism; he offered a conservative fix that returns control to families by redirecting federal subsidies into health savings accounts so Americans, not corporate executives, decide how to spend health dollars. Paired with tough price-transparency measures so consumers can actually shop for care, his plan aims to revive market discipline and put power back in the patient’s hands rather than the boardroom.
The senator’s warnings about runaway premiums and industry consolidation aren’t idle rhetoric — they reflect reality where mandates and subsidies have produced higher costs and fewer choices for ordinary folks. Premiums have surged and, as Marshall noted, insurers have prospered handsomely under the current system while families are squeezed at the pharmacy counter and in the emergency room.
Let’s be blunt: Congress has been subsidizing a booming insurance cartel while small practices and community hospitals get squeezed by bureaucracy and prior-authorization games that delay care. When a handful of conglomerates can buy pharmacies, hospitals, and outpatient clinics, you no longer have competition — you have a cartel that lobbies to protect its profits, and Washington too often plays along.
Republicans should make Marshall’s common-sense approach their rallying cry: stop funneling taxpayer dollars to corporate welfare and instead empower Americans to be savvy consumers of their own healthcare. If conservatives combine HSAs, price transparency, and a serious crackdown on fraud, we can restore affordability and accountability — and finally give Americans the respect and control they deserve.
