Brian Blase (@brian

Brian Blase

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Brian Blase

@brian_blase

Christian; President of Paragon Health Institute; Special Asst. to the President at WH National Economic Council '17-'19; Happily married with 5 great kids.

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Joined October 2015

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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Mar 4
Cell phones have no place in American schools. They harm learning and social connection, and they should be banned during the entire school day. This is based on the evidence & my experience as a father. New op-ed from me: post-gazette.com/opinion/guest-… @Paragon_Inst
Brian Blase: A new case for MAHA
From post-gazette.com
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Jun 14, 2022
A new poll found 71% of young Democrats wouldn't go on a first date with someone who voted for the opposing party's presidential candidate. 37% said they wouldn't consider friendship. Among young Republicans, the shares were 31% and 5%, respectively.
Young Democrats more likely to despise the other party
From axios.com
Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 7, 2025
We added 2013 to this figure. It shows the average premium for this 50-year-old enrollee prior to Obamacare. Obamacare caused a 47% premium increase for her in 2014, with escalating premiums (picked up by the federal taxpayer) since.
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Nov 10, 2025
A teachable moment today for @RepJeffries, who was not aware of the massive amount of improper and phantom enrollment in the ACA exchanges We summarized the issue here: paragoninstitute.org/private-health… Bottom line: 6.4m improper enrollees in '25 & 35% of enrollees with $0 claims 🧵1/x
Obamacare Fraud, by the Numbers
From paragoninstitute.org
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 30, 2025
Think about this: The Democratic plan is to send a health insurer more than $50,000 in taxpayer funds next year for this couple to receive an Obamacare plan. That's a plan to keep prices obscenely high and provide windfall profits for health insurers and big hospital systems.
Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
Oct 30, 2025
The Democratic plan to prevent a West Virginia couple making $85k from paying $48k more in premiums is simple: extend the ACA tax credits. What is the Republican plan for this couple?
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 3, 2025
1. Pass a law that makes insurance more expensive 2. Send insurers checks so the coverage appears cheaper to enrollees, sending bill to taxpayers 3. Costs escalate 4. Send insurers more $ 5. Costs escalate 6. Send insurers more $ Must break this cycle to lower health care costs
Heath Veuleman
@HeathVeuleman
Oct 1, 2025
So the answer is to give insurance companies more money??!! What a weird take from Bernie. I thought he was against oligarchs and CEOs that made tens of millions of dollars off every day Americans??
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 1, 2025
Increasing subsidies to insurers DOES NOT lower health care costs. 1. It shifts costs to taxpayers. 2. Insurers lack incentives to keep premiums low as taxpayers bear premium increases. 3. That insurer incentive leads to higher prices. 4. Higher prices mean higher premiums.
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Nov 4, 2025
Striking how Obamacare is not much of a program for families with children, and it is mostly a program for singles or couples 50 and above.
Cynthia Cox
@cynthiaccox
Nov 3, 2025
Replying to @cynthiaccox
This is my new favorite chart, btw. The mode (most common) age of ACA enrollees is 64 — just before Medicare eligibility.
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 22, 2025
This is so important to understand. Increasingly, the Left’s view is that health care is expensive so we must pour more and more taxpayers subsidies toward it. But, those subsidies are one of the main reasons health care is so expensive.
Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 22, 2025
Replying to @larry_levitt
This statement has the causation the wrong way. Health care is expensive because of government programs and policies that heavily subsidize comprehensive health insurance and low-value care. To lower health care prices, we must reform those government programs and policies.
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 1, 2025
Big winners from Obamacare & the COVID credits were health insurers. Look at those stock prices soar. Here's the reality: These subsidies go directly to health insurers. For a large and growing number of enrollees who do not use any health care. paragoninstitute.org/paragon-pic/in…
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Nov 2, 2025
1. I care deeply. We need to reform govt programs so we have a better, more affordable health care system. 2. My family just received our 2026 ACA plan premium: $33,000 for a plan with a $14,000 deductible. The program that produced this horror needs reform not more taxpayer $.
Jenny Chumbley Hogue
@kgmom219
Nov 2, 2025
Apparently Brian doesn't care about the 7% that are dealing with $2K increases.
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 29, 2025
The subsidies go directly from the U.S. Treasury to health insurers. Obamacare caused health insurer stock prices to soar. The Biden COVID credits caused insurer stock prices to soar higher. If the COVID credits are extended, insurer stock prices will likely soar yet again.
Josh Holmes
@HolmesJosh
Oct 28, 2025
We have a government shutdown most charitably explained by Democrats seeking to extend taxpayer subsidies to insurance companies so Obamacare premiums don’t rise. Does anyone read earnings reports?
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 8, 2025
The cost of an individual market insurance plan TRIPLED from 2013 to 2026. The primary reason for the increase: Obamacare. We should fix the problem. Not throw more money at it. If we throw more money at it, the problem will get worse, and costs will continue to rise.
Wall Street Mav
@WallStreetMav
Oct 7, 2025
Obamacare started in 2014. Health insurance became more unaffordable. It got so bad, in 2021 Biden and Dems passed temporary subsidies with an expiration date of Dec 31, 2025, to hide the real cost of Obamacare insurance. Obamacare is broken and more subsidies won't fix it.
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Brian Blase
@brian_blase
Oct 29, 2025
40% of Obamacare enrollees in fully subsidized plans did not use the plan for anything in 2024. Explanation #1: Massive # of phantom enrollees Explanation #2: Obamacare plans and the free preventive services are worthless for many enrollees Most likely: #1 & #2 are both true
The Federalist
@FDRLST
Oct 28, 2025
Obamacare’s Underused Free Preventive Services Expose A System Rife With Fraud thefederalist.com/2025/10/28/oba…
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