Republicans turn their attention to bashing Obamacare as shutdown enters day 39

Amid a -day authorities shutdown Republican after Republican took to the Senate floor on Saturday to blast the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare calling the venture a failed approach to addressing the country s vitality care requirements Sen Lindsey Graham R-S C went as far as to say the current system might need replacing You were promised when Obamacare passed in President Obama declared that every family in America who participated in this thing would have a savings in premium reductions It s been like a increase This thing is unsustainable Graham explained FLASHBACK TED CRUZ PREDICTS BALLOONING OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES NOW AT CENTER OF SHUTDOWN FIGHT We're going to replace this broken system with something that is veritably better for the consumer to meet the goal of lowering wellbeing care costs Graham added Graham wasn't the only Republican voice to speak out against Obamacare I hate to description that folks on the other side refused to acknowledge the very obvious damage being done across the board by Obamacare Sen Ron Johnson R-Wis revealed The matter we have in healthcare is we've largely driven free-market principles out of healthcare That's because of the faulty design of Obamacare It's got to be fixed Sen Rick Scott R-Fla a former fitness care executive and longtime critic of the scheme joined in It's all caused by Obamacare When the establishment gets involved in things they often go up in price Scott reported Notably Republican criticisms of Obamacare on Saturday went beyond the front-and-center issue holding up consideration of leadership funding Where Republicans have advanced a short-term spending package meant to keep the regime open through Nov Democrats have rejected it times demanding that lawmakers first consider extending COVD-era crisis tax subsidies for Obamacare plan holders Republicans who maintain the temporary subsidies and their expiration have nothing to do with governing body spending have largely focused their attention on the shutdown itself instead of engaging in a debate over the COVID-era assistance They ve stated they will negotiate on the subsidies when the authorities reopens But President Donald Trump changed the picture on Saturday morning in a post to Truth Social by arguing that lawmakers should re-structure the enhanced subsidies so that they go directly to the policyholders instead of insurance companies who currently receive the tax credit payments TRUMP URGES SENATE REPUBLICANS TO REDIRECT FUNDS FROM OBAMACARE-BACKED INSURERS PAY AMERICANS DIRECTLYIn the wake of Trump s suggestion lawmakers began blasting Obamacare s structure Obamacare costs the federal administration closer to billion a year That s right We re spending billion of your tax-earned dollars supplementing other people s wellbeing care Sen Roger Marshall R-Kan declared When they sold this to the American people they explained it would cost or billion but we re triple that That s million a day he added Sen Joni Ernst R-Iowa echoed those comments arguing that Obamacare had missed the mark on its original design It s clear that Obamacare has failed to deliver on its promises Ernst commented The answer isn t throwing more money into a broken system What we need to do is fix what s broken We can end that waste HOUSE REPUBLICANS DIVIDED OVER OBAMACARE AS GOP EYES FIX AFTER SHUTDOWNLike Ernst and Marshall Sen Jon Husted R-Ohio also took to the floor calling for Congress to evaluate the source of climbing healthcare care costs So I hope we want to get at the costs and the cause of what s affecting the unaffordability of fitness care in this country Wellness care has increased since Obamacare started by a year while overall inflation has been or less Husted mentioned I hope we will reopen the regime and begin serving the American people while we continue the very significant conversation of how we make vitality care more affordable he added Although Sen Majority Leader John Thune R-S D has kept the Senate in session over the weekend while lawmakers attempt to break the gridlock it s unclear when lawmakers will next consider spending bill