This is a more recent version of the "Chart of the Century"….. pic.twitter.com/G86LIZxxa0
— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) December 8, 2025
By providing "free service" to everyone, the government becomes the largest buyer – a monopsony.
Once you have that relationship (or close to it) set up, special interests will use it to jack up the price for everybody, and force the bill onto the public, through taxes. pic.twitter.com/HXbNg5JXTW
— Emergent Perspective (@_emergent_) December 8, 2025
This tragedy is more sobering proof of how the cost of US healthcare have been mismanaged for a century, literally. The “surging” healthcare costs debacle has received skyrocketing attention from the scholars, the “experts,” and the corporate media. But the inept, lackluster… pic.twitter.com/8RyEvKz3M1
— Francis Anthony Toto (@francisatoto) December 8, 2025
The Affordable Care Act’s premium tax credits made insurance more affordable, but insurers raised premiums year after year, knowing subsidies would cushion the blow.
The Hill noted that subsidies often benefit insurers more than patients, fueling higher costs rather than lowering them.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5630059-affordable-care-act-subsidies/
FasterCapital explained that subsidies in high‑cost living areas often lead to spiraling rents, making affordability worse over time.