David Himmel

The 119th Congress headed into the holidays no doubt looking forward to quality time with their loved ones and a fat goose on the dinner table—or whatever the privileged stewards of the People eat at Christmas—with what seemed like little concern for the mess and panic they left behind. Messy panic like what the nearly 25 million Americans getting their health insurance through the ACA are facing as their monthly premiums increase at astronomical rates.

Fact checked by Jim Lacy The Volbrecht family faced an agonizing choice — one that left Don Hall, the adult son, wondering for a time whether he had killed his father. After years of treatment, Hall, his sister, and his parents decided to invite hospice into their home and let nature take its course for Hall’s father.

Fact checked by Shannon Sparks When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, I felt a wave of relief. “Finally!” I said to anyone willing or close enough to listen, “This is going to expose the massive failures in our healthcare system, and we’ll come out of this better than before.” It really looked that way. The government was throwing money and assistance around like candy at a July 4th parade. I would have bet my tiny kingdom that the American health insurance industry would have changed for the better.