The weeks-long government shutdown fight has uncovered uncomfortable truths about Obamacare and a web of corruption that has vindicated many of Obamacare's fiercest opponents.

The GOP and the Democrat Party have been locked in a knockdown, drag-out fight over expiring Obamacare subsidies that Democrats want to make permanent after they were expanded by the Biden administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Now it turns out that these taxpayer-funded subsidies that are propping up Obamacare have been going straight into the pockets of insurance executives who overwhelmingly donate to the Democrat Party.

Turns out, Obamacare is a cushy deal for health insurance providers, not Americans. In return, those insurance executives make massive donations to fund Democrats' reelection campaigns.

Corrupt racket

The mechanisms that make Obamacare function have escaped scrutiny for years, but this government shutdown fight has shone a light on the entire corrupt mess. Obamacare is in desperate need of reform, alongside the rest of the American healthcare system.

It turns out that former President Barack Obama's signature legislation has been nothing but a corrupt racket designed to enrich Democrat donors while Americans continue to struggle with bad healthcare.

Estimates show that Obamacare subsidies that Democrats are fighting so hard to make permanent totaled $1.8 trillion in 2023 alone. Literal trillions in taxpayer dollars are flowing into the pockets of insurance companies and then into Democrats' campaign coffers.

Insurance company profits up 216%

Just The News conducted an in-depth financial review that found that net earnings for insurance companies ballooned about 216% from 2010 to 2024.

They noted that UnitedHealth Group in particular, which dominates the industry with a market share of around 15%, saw the largest explosion of profits. It's worth noting that UnitedHealth Group is the same company that Brian Thompson, the CEO allegedly murdered by Luigi Mangione, worked for.

It isn't just profits that are up, but also company valuations have soared as stock values for insurance companies climbed 1,032% from 2010—when Obamacare was passed—and 448% from 2013—the year the legislation’s key provisions were implemented.

In that same time period, Americans have seen no tangible benefits as healthcare remains both expensive and low quality. Now that the shutdown is over, it's long past time for the GOP look into gutting Obamacare and ending the laundering of trillions to the Democrat Party.

Trump goes on the offensive

In a post to Truth Social, Trump wrote, "Democrats claim to be working for ‘the little guy,’ and driving down your Health Insurance, but the OBAMACARE SCAM goes STRAIGHT TO THEIR BEST FRIENDS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. THEY ARE MAKING A ‘KILLING,’ while Health Coverage only gets WORSE."

The facts back up Trump's claims. Insurance companies have made a killing over the last fifteen years thanks to Obama and the Democrat Party, who constantly claim to be fighting against big corporations until election season is over.

Trump went on in his post saying, "If Democrats get their way again, they’re in for another HUGE Payday at the expense of the American People. NO DEAL! Republicans should give money DIRECTLY to your personal HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS that I expanded in our GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL."

Trump is exactly correct in asserting that it would have been more beneficial to just send Americans money instead of sending it to insurance companies. As it stands, the people are getting scammed and the Democrat Party is working overtime to keep the grift alive.