Axelrod Ripped Over Soaring Obamacare Costs

Adriana Stone 0 1 min read

Axelrod Ripped Over Soaring Obamacare Costs

David Axelrod tweeted about families and small businesses getting hit by rising Obamacare premiums. He warned about plans being scrapped. The reaction was fast. And brutal.

Axelrod’s tweet read exactly:

“Through family, I heard about a couple in WI who started a small business and were planning to expand. Now, with their ACA premiums TRIPLED due to congressional inaction, they’ve had to scrap plans to expand & grow. I’m sure that scenario is repeating itself all over the U.S.”

People on social media didn’t let him off the hook. Many reminded Axelrod that he helped build the system that many now call unaffordable. Others pointed out the political decisions that let subsidies expire and sent costs climbing again.

Some responses were short and pointed. A sampling of replies to Axelrod’s post included the following, unedited:

“If only we could identify who wrote this law in the first place!”

“So what you’re saying is the Affordable Care Act is not actually affordable? If only we knew who came up with this system…. https://t.co/UdMzYN1u79”

“You know you’re David Axelrod, right?”

“You and Obama lied about Obamacare. You destroyed Healthcare in this country.”

“That’s weird Mr. Axelrod, I don’t remember your concern back when the ACA was passed and I lost my insurance, the only doctors my kids knew, and the replacement Obamacare insurance was TRIPLE the price with TRIPLE the deductible. You hypocrite…”

Another critic pulled up Axelrod’s old praise for the law and contrasted it with today’s outcomes. Their post included this snippet:

“David Axelrod, 2026: People’s ACA premiums are tripling. David Axelrod, pushing the ACA in 2009: \”I have no doubt that once this bill is passed and implemented, the American people will appreciate it. It will improve the lives of people all across this country.\””

Why did premiums jump? In simple terms: enhanced federal subsidies that had kept costs down expired at the end of 2025. Negotiations in Congress stalled. Some Democrats pushed to tie spending bills to subsidy extensions. The talks collapsed. The result: millions went back to pre-COVID subsidy levels and many faced big increases.

Axelrod’s point about families and small businesses is real. The political back-and-forth is real, too. Critics say Democrats own the law and the messy aftermath when help disappears. Supporters say the system widened coverage and that fixes are needed. Either way, people now face higher bills. That is the hard fact everyone is arguing about.

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