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Posted: Oct 29, 2025 / 11:35 AM CDT
Updated: Oct 29, 2025 / 11:35 AM CDT
(The Hill) — In a push to resolve the ongoing government shutdown now entering its fourth week, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board is calling on Congressional Republicans to dismantle health care subsidies linked to ObamaCare.
The Journal’s latest editorial, released on Tuesday, argues that the Affordable Care Act has deteriorated the quality of healthcare while simultaneously driving up costs, suggesting that more voters are beginning to recognize these issues despite the Democratic Party’s long-standing influence over health policy.
The newspaper accused Democrats in Congress of attempting to “extort the GOP into extending enriched ObamaCare subsidies that were sold as temporary pandemic support.”
“Do taxpayers — many of whom pay for their own coverage at work — want to underwrite baby boomer early retirement? Maybe the politics here aren’t as obvious as Democrats assume,” the Journal argued.
More than a decade after the former president’s signature health care legislation was signed into law, “[I]t’s still a product few deem worth buying unless they’re protected from the cost,” the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet added.
“The political and media ground have changed in the past 10 years,” it said. ” …and an underappreciated question of the shutdown is whether the GOP will re-enter the debate on healthcare — and go on offense on ObamaCare’s failures.”
Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the Journal has been sharply critical of the new administration and urged Republicans in Congress to push back on the president’s policies on issues ranging from trade to federal law enforcement and matters of national security.
