In a stark reminder of failed leftist policies, Senator Ted Cruz posted a damning chart from market analyst Charlie Bilello showing the relentless climb of family health insurance premiums—from $6,000 in 1999 to a staggering $27,000 in 2025. "This is what Obamacare produced," Cruz thundered, adding that health insurance company profits have doubled in the process. "Some of us told you this was EXACTLY what was going to happen." The post, which garnered over 6,600 likes and nearly 300,000 views, cuts through the Democrat spin like a knife: the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sold as a lifeline for working families, has instead become a financial noose, strangling Americans with unaffordable premiums, sky-high deductibles that render insurance all but worthless, and zero meaningful improvements in health outcomes. While Big Insurance and Big Pharma rake in record profits, everyday citizens—especially in red states battered by Obama-era mandates—face bankruptcy from routine care. Conservatives warned for years that Obamacare was a socialist Trojan horse designed to enrich cronies and expand government control, not deliver affordable coverage.

Fifteen years in, the evidence is irrefutable: it's destroying U.S. healthcare, costing families a fortune, and giving nothing in return but hollow promises and corporate greed. Only Democrats and media, who all have their collective heads up their rears thanks to Big Pharma investments and advertisements, deny logic and reason. The numbers don't lie, and they paint a picture of economic carnage that dwarfs any pre-ACA trends. According to a Heritage Foundation analysis, average family premiums under Obamacare have surged 105% since 2013, outpacing wage growth by a factor of three. In 2025 alone, premiums hit $27,000 annually for a family of four, with deductibles averaging $9,000—up from $3,000 pre-ACA. For many, this means insurance is a cruel joke: you pay thousands upfront just to access the "benefits" you've already funded. A Daily Wire report hammered this home, noting that 44% of Obamacare enrollees in 2024 skipped doctor visits due to costs, turning "affordable" care into a luxury for the middle class. Republicans like Cruz have long decried this as the inevitable result of forcing millions into bloated exchanges where insurers game the system with narrow networks and high out-of-pocket caps.