MAGA Trump supporter Lynda Turek expressed regret this week after discovering her monthly health insurance premium increased from $74.99 to $1,781.49, mere months after voting for a presidential candidate who explicitly campaigned on dismantling the Affordable Care Act.
"This is more money than I earn each month," Turek posted on social media, sharing her Florida Blue HMO enrollment letter. "Needless to say, I can't afford this. It went from affordable to completely impossible."
According to analysts, enhanced ACA subsidies expired at the end of 2025 as President Trump declined to renew them, causing average premium payments to more than double for millions of Americans. Premiums for ACA coverage jumped 26% on average nationally, with Florida seeing particularly steep increases, including Molina Healthcare's 40% rate hike affecting over 90,000 policyholders.
Turek, who previously shared social media posts proclaiming "This is my President" alongside images of Trump and declaring she voted "YES" for "this" because "it's better than I expected," seemed genuinely surprised that the administration's approach to healthcare involved making healthcare more expensive.
The development came as no surprise to political observers who recall Trump's repeated attempts to repeal the ACA during his first term. In November 2023, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was "seriously looking at alternatives" to Obamacare and that Republicans "should never give up" trying to replace it. During his first term, Trump issued an executive order aimed at rolling back the law within hours of taking office in January 2017 and later celebrated when the GOP-led House passed a repeal bill, calling Obamacare "essentially dead".
"I stand with President Trump, but I don't worship him," Turek wrote in a separate post, explaining her nuanced political philosophy while simultaneously experiencing the precise healthcare consequences Trump had promised to deliver.
More than 24 million people enrolled in ACA marketplace plans in 2024, with enrollment doubling since enhanced subsidies took effect in 2021, particularly in Southern red states. Without the enhanced subsidies, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that nearly 4 million people will lose coverage in 2026 because they won't be able to afford it.
When reached for comment, Turek's "This Is My King" poster of Jesus reportedly declined to intervene in matters of earthly health insurance policy.
