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In 2000, the average family paid about $6,000 a year for health insurance. Today, that figure has climbed to nearly $27,000, rising at more than twice the rate of inflation over the same period. It’s no surprise that healthcare affordability remains a top concern among Americans. As costs continue to climb, more working adults are choosing to go without health insurance altogether.

In the first three months of the Trump administration, Americans were stunned by President Trump’s breakneck pace: executive orders overturning onerous Biden-era regulations, massive reductions in force, and rescissions eliminating billions in waste. Republicans notched some of their highest approval ratings in months. Democrats looked rudderless.

For the first time in years, it felt like Republicans were taking the country back — unapologetically.

Last week marked one year since President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a mandate to reshape America’s future after four long years of the Biden administration’s failures. 

Missouri has always been a state that builds. From factories to airplanes, manufacturing has propelled our economy and created good-paying jobs. Today, the next chapter of growth looks different. It’s not only about what we produce in our factories but also the digital infrastructure that powers our industries and national security: data centers.

Just days from now, former President Joe Biden’s temporary COVID-19-era tax credits, which provide fully subsidized healthcare plans to more than 9 million Obamacare enrollees, are set to expire. For Republicans, allowing these subsidies to expire will be a victory in itself, saving taxpayers an estimated $448 billion, even as the 

Led by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Democrats are poised to shut down the federal government in the coming days, refusing to pass a seven-week stopgap funding bill to the Senate unless Republicans agree to a $1.4 trillion wish list. 

“When people stop talking, really bad stuff starts.”