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Cornyn Lays Bare Obamacare Shortcomings on Shutdown Day 34

Published November 3, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:48

And since they want to talk about Obamacare, I figured I would oblige them. Now we know health insurance rates have certainly continued to go up. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that The cost of a family health insurance plan in 2025 is nearly $27,000. If you're one of the 16 million people on the Affordable Care act exchanges you, your premium is scheduled to go up 18% next year. 18%. (03:48–03:56)

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“42 million people have been denied access to supplemental nutrition.”
Cornyn Lays Bare Obamacare Shortcomings on Shutdown Day 34 | Uploaded November 3, 2025 | 02:20-02:27
“If you're one of the 16 million people on the Affordable Care act exchanges you, your premium is scheduled to go up 18% next year.”
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“Since 2013, the year before Obamacare took effect, the average Obamacare enrollee faced a premium increase of 221%.”
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“In 2025 alone, US government health care subsidies paid directly to insurance companies totaled more than $130 billion.”
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“In 2024, there were approximately 12 million Affordable Care act marketplace enrollees who made zero medical claims.”
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“In 2021, when the Democrats lifted the cap on these subsidies, removing the income eligibility limit, households earning upwards of $500,000…”
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“We are now over a month into a shutdown caused by the refusal of Senate Democrats to vote for a short term stopgap spending bill that…”
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“We did [a short term stopgap spending bill] 13 times when President Biden was in office.”
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“There's a three hour wait for people to get simply through the security line at TSA [at the International Bush Airport in Houston].”
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“Federal government employees are not being paid, even though they are obviously working.”
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“Health insurance rates have certainly continued to go up.”
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“If you're on an employer provided insurance plan, premiums will go up roughly 6 or 7%.”
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“From 2013 to 2019, individuals buying health insurance on the private market faced 143% increases in their health care premiums.”
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“By the fall of 2013, 4 million Americans received letters informing them that their then existing health care plan would be canceled.”
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“Roughly 40% of those fully subsidized by the Biden era Covid credits made zero claims.”
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“Since 2021, the cost taxpayers have incurred to subsidize Obamacare plans has increased a staggering 150%.”
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“Obamacare was a golden promise that turned out to be almost entirely false.”
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“We should not trust those who would prefer we continue to prop up a failed system that enriches insurance companies while leaving Americans…”
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“We should be wary of listening to the same people who sold us Obamacare on false premises.”
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