title:  The Numbers Are In: States, Insurers Literally Say Obamacare Trainwreck Is TRUMP’S Fault
text: This morning, Donald Trump tweeted that health insurance premiums were skyrocketing, and that Democrats own it because Democrats are responsible for the  disaster  that is the Affordable Care Act. But someone on Twitter took it upon himself to crunch the numbers and look up insurers  reasons for the big hikes going into 2018. It s not a pretty picture for Donald Trump.Premiums were always going to go up   that s what you get with the system we have and one major reason we need universal or single-payer coverage. But when Trump cut off the subsidies insurers and low-income Americans counted on, he threw the system into chaos which insurers did warn us about and now we re facing numbers like this:NATIONALLY: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: ~12%; PARTIAL sabotage: ~16%; FULL sabotage: ~29.5%: https://t.co/HF44AGgk9F pic.twitter.com/rgwaPdTyI1  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017Individually, each state is seeing its own rate hikes of varying percentages, but a number of them cite Trump s sabotage as a big reason why they re raising rates as high as they are. Washington State is among those seeing hefty increases as it is, but Trump s sabotage is making that far more painful than it needs to be:WASHINGTON STATE: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 26.4%; WITH #ACASabotage: 36.4%: https://t.co/WkgfuXkx5N pic.twitter.com/8cRgTXNHDK  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017They probably also had the strongest rebuke of Trump s policies, saying this: But there are others saying similar things:VIRGINIA: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 43.4%; WITH #ACASabotage: 57.7%: https://t.co/Ma4KOTMMXc pic.twitter.com/EyLR8nHCIy  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017TENNESSEE: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 13.5%; WITH #ACASabotage: 28.5%: https://t.co/58otIhrCqr pic.twitter.com/HC0GVMHwD9  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017Yes, you read that correctly: nearly 100% of North Carolina s rate hikes are due SPECIFICALLY to Trump cutting off #CSR reimbursements: pic.twitter.com/q2R1wU5pOG  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017NEW MEXICO: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 15%; WITH #ACASabotage: 30%: https://t.co/i4IopxaTPz pic.twitter.com/KGo76sfGjL  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017ARKANSAS: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 8.5%; WITH #ACASabotage: 17.5%: https://t.co/e2YTaBgRcI pic.twitter.com/r1iqud0gXv  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017CALIFORNIA: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 12.3%; WITH #ACASabotage: 16.6%: https://t.co/sjxJaVssrr pic.twitter.com/VB0XLJQUCo  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017COLORADO: Unsubsidized rate hikes WITHOUT Trump #ACASabotage: 28.2%; WITH #ACASabotage: 34.3%: https://t.co/DmXHU7vQpi pic.twitter.com/DfWvpubKfi  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017You can read the full thread here:THREAD: OH, IT S ON, MOTHERF*CKER. 1/ https://t.co/01VCq3UZGX  Charles Ghoooulba ? (@charles_gaba) October 29, 2017His methodology and details are available here.It s pretty clear from these numbers that it s not Democrats who own this trainwreck; it s Trump. He can tweet all he wants about how it s anyone s fault but his, and yet, he s the one who took executive action to end subsidies for low-income Americans. And Charles isn t the only one coming up with horrific numbers, either. The Kaiser Family Foundation has done their own analysis and come up with some pretty damning numbers as well.The worst part is that the markets were starting to stabilize going into this year, which meant premium hikes would likely have slowed for next year, and maybe even started coming down in following years. Instead, they re now skyrocketing. Polls have also consistently shown growing support for fixing the ACA instead of repealing it. What Trump and his party did was a planned and deliberate political move to harm Obama s legacy without caring who else they hurt.These extreme premium hikes are on Trump s and the GOP s heads. Even red states say so.Featured image via Alex Wong/Getty Images