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summer_in_TX

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1. Blue states can and should join together to make RFK Jr and Trump's sabotage irrelevant.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:06 PM
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THE EXISTENTIALIST REPUBLIC
The Super Healthcare Compact: Three Ways Blue States Can Make Federal Sabotage Irrelevant
CHRISTOPHER ARMITAGE

When the federal government becomes hostile to your survival, you stop asking it for permission to survive.

Republicans control Congress and intend to dismantle Medicare and Medicaid. They have said this explicitly and repeatedly. Twenty-seven million Americans currently lack health insurance. That number climbs when enhanced ACA subsidies expire December 31, 2025, triggering premium increases expected to average 114 percent and pushing at least another 3.8 million people into the uninsured population annually. The Heritage Foundation led federal government will not prevent this. It’s all part of the plan.

Blue states can make that threat meaningless by building healthcare systems that function regardless of federal policy. This article covers three solutions, each viable independently. Washington and Colorado already proved the first one works.

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