Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said health insurance is “an unaffordable disaster.”
Greene wrote in a post on X on Sunday that Democrats “gave us the ACA which dramatically caused health insurance to rise,” but Republicans “have not even attempted to fix it with full control of the government.”
She added: “But they tell you vote for R’s to stop Medicare for All, yet take no action to fix it.”
Premium Costs Outpace Inflation
Greene cited a post on X by market commentator The Kobeissi Letter, which said the average annual premium for family health insurance in the U.S. rose $1,303, or 5%, year over year to a record $28,303. The post noted that family premiums had increased by at least $1,300 for four consecutive years, rising a cumulative $5,884, or 26%, over that period, compared with a 13% increase in Consumer Price Index inflation. Since 1999, average annual family premiums have climbed $22,494, or 387%, equivalent to average annual growth of 6.1%, compared with 2.6% for CPI inflation.
Democrats Also Address Costs
A KFF survey released last week found that workers with employer-sponsored health insurance contributed an average of $7,471 annually toward family coverage in 2026, up 9% from the previous year. The average total annual premium for family coverage rose 5% to $28,303.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has also posted on X about rising health care costs, writing that costs for workers are set to jump 8.2% next year 2027, “the biggest spike in 20+ years.” She added that “healthcare conglomerates are jacking up prices after Republicans cut health care funding.”
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) also wrote on X that Republicans “cut Americans’ health care so they could give billionaires massive tax breaks.”
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