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Ben Mucelis (Ben Mycelis)

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801 total appearances

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The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

Listen, I think virtually all Americans could agree that there's an issue with our healthcare system that needs extreme solving.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

The Republican plan, if they were to say it, would be to remove Obamacare to make it so people with pre-existing conditions could get denied coverage like they were before Obamacare, to end the expanded coverage that Obamacare gave, to take away the marketplace, to remove the subsidies as we're seeing here.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

happen right now to remove the block on lifetime limits.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

Like there were so many things that Obamacare implemented that were game changers for Americans.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

And I feel like still enough people in this country don't even give it enough credit, but you know, the majority of this country does

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

have a positive opinion on the Affordable Care Act.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

Could it have been better?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

Could there have been a public option?

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

Yes, that was voted down at the last second.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

There's so many things that could have been done there.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

But Mike Johnson is spreading a false narrative.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

He's acting like insurance premiums weren't rising before Obamacare.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

In the 10 years before Obamacare became law, I think insurance premiums rose like 200%.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

And so now they're saying that insurance premiums have went up 60% since Obamacare.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

which sounds like a lot and it's still healthcare is way too expensive for americans but that's significantly less than it was it's growing at a slower pace in fact if you put it next to things like housing if you put it next to things like cars and you could food prices like the the price of health care is actually increased at a much lower rate than all of those things thanks to the affordable care act mike johnson has no plan here donald trump has no plan here

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

And the words he uses are just so sleazy and slimy.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

And it's so that he can act like, oh, I care.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

I'm Mike Johnson.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

We're just trying to do our best.

The MeidasTouch Podcast
MeidasTouch Full Podcast - 10/14/25

But these pesky Democrats.