President Trump is obviously angered by inflation in health insurance, calling carriers “money sucking.”

Major benefit consultants including Aon and WTW are forecasting employer costs for providing coverage in 2026 will rise from 9.5% to 10.3%.

Economists worry that working Americans will suffer wage stagnation in a growing economy because higher premiums force employers to shift the costs of coverage to employees via higher deductibles and out-of-pocket payments.

This presents a smoldering political problem for the president as Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City suggests “affordability” could become the watchword of a Democratic socialist midterm success.

The recent government shutdown was all about the affordability of health insurance.

The 15-year effort to make Obamacare Americ

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