Just about everybody in America knows how expensive health care is. It’s the biggest cost to all Americans. And what we did during COVID, to pretend that we’re helping people, we supplemented the Affordable Care Act. And we made sure that it was more affordable by increasing federal’s portion of this payment. But it was never meant to be permanent. The states knew that when they took on the Affordable Care Act and expanded Medicaid, essentially, to more people. And they said, well, the carrot was that the federal government’s going to help you, and then eventually we’re going to back off, and then you’re responsible for it. Well, this is the problem with a lot of people who take money from the federal government. They’re like, yeah, that’s never going to go away. And unfortunately, that’s the truth. And that’s why we’re in the predicament we are with our debt.
Dr. Rich McCormick, representing Georgia’s 7th district, joins Tug and Los to discuss the government shutdown, solutions to some of the major issues with healthcare costs, and why more and more people are leaving the left and joining conservatives.
