On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) responded to a question on the rise in Obamacare premiums increasing separate from the expiration of premium subsidies by saying Republicans shut down the government and “we aren’t going to sit here while premiums for Americans go up 200%, 300%, in many cases, and it sends shockwaves through our medical system, and it’s literally life and death for Americans. We’re just not going to allow that to happen. So, they have to come to us in good faith.”

Host Jake Tapper asked, “[E]arlier today, Obamacare or ACA enrollees got their first looks at the 2026 premiums, premiums that are set to go up, on average, 26%. Now, this is separate from the Obamacare premium subsidies expiring, which is why Democrats say they’ve shut down th

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