The core issue behind the ongoing government shutdown — expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits — has led to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) siding with Democrats. One Senate Republican recently addressed her criticism directly.
Earlier this month, Greene posted to her official X account that her adult children's monthly health insurance premiums were on track to double if the ACA tax credits weren't renewed. And when her Republican colleagues criticized the ACA, Greene pointed out that she had yet to see any concrete proposal from her own party that would rein in Americans' healthcare costs.
"The toothpaste (Obamacare – ACA) is out of the tube. Trying to make it clear that I think the entire system is messed up," Greene wrote in another post. "Health insurance is vastly unaffordable for all Americans especially since the cost of living has sky rocketed in the past 4 1/2 years."
During a Tuesday segment on CNN, host Kaitlan Collins asked Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) about Greene's constant digs against the GOP for not having their own healthcare plan (Greene quipped that she felt like she had to enter a secure compartmentalized information facility, or SCIF, to view the GOP plan).
"Marjorie Taylor Greene is saying that Republicans don't have a plan onhow to bring down healthcarecosts," Collins said. "If the government reopentomorrow, do you think Republican leaders have a planon that?"
"Yeah, absolutely," Moreno responded. "And I wouldsay to Marjorie Taylor Greene — Ilike her, she came out to Ohio afew times — she's certainly ableto write a bill herself. Like,if this is something she'spassionate about, put pen topaper, write a bill, present anoption. Don't just criticizewhat other people are doing."
The ACA tax credits — which were put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic — are due to expire at the end of 2025. Should they run out with no plan to replace them, premiums are expected to experience triple-digit percentage increases, including as high as 346 percent in Alaska.
Watch the segment below: