While “Morning Joe” discussed Tuesday of the current closure of the government, the panel led by Joe Scarborough found himself by surprising agree with the representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican of Georgia) on the refusal of her party to meet her democratic colleagues to find a solution: this “is not good” for Trump voters.
“Talking about an interesting indicator, Marjorie Taylor Greene saying to the Republicans: ‘The guys, it’s not good for us’,” said co-host Willie Geist, paraphrasing the deputy’s point of view: “We want to extend medicaid services. My voters like the law on affordable care, it allows them to have health care. bad.”
Tuesday marked the seventh day of the government’s closure, which entered into force on October 1 after the Democrats and the Republicans failed to adopt a financing bill before the deadline of October 1. The point of friction was largely linked to an extension supported by the Democrats of improved tax credits for premiums under the Act respecting affordable care, which should expire at the end of the year.
Regarding Greene, the long -standing ally of President Donald Trump addressed X on Monday evening, expressing that it was “absolutely disgusted” that insurance premiums can double in number if these tax credits expire.
“I was not at the congress when all these bullshit of Obamacare, of” affordable care law “began,” she wrote. “I arrived here in 2021. In fact, the ACA made health insurance unaffordable for my family after its adoption, with premiums that skyrocket, greater than the payment of our house.”
Greene continued: “But I will go against everyone on this question, because when the tax credits will expire this year, my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 will double, as well as those of all the wonderful families and people who work hard in my district.”
Later in the conversation, Scarborough, co-host of “Morning Joe”, added that Greene voters would not be the only ones to be affected; American hospitals depend on Medicaid services to benefit from adequate health care.
“Hospitals are massively dependent on this funding and this funding has been reduced,” said Scarborough. “So, you have hospitals who call you to ask you:” Hey, can you come to my office. I have to show you what we will have to close if these budget cuts are applied “, and all of a sudden, you see that your voters will not be – they will receive lower quality health care because some people try to assert this point.”
Watch the full segment of “Morning Joe” in the video above.
