The Breakfast Club - Lets Get Personal (Fetty WAP Is Home, Trump Got Our Medicare)

Episode Date: January 10, 2026

On this episode of The Latest with Loren LoRosa, Lauren is joined by Mimi Brown (Front Page News, The Breakfast Club) for a raw, real, and necessary conversation. They break down Fetty WAP’s first days home from prison, his emotional Breakfast Club appearance, the friendships that truly showed up for him, and the quiet transformation you could feel in the room. From faith and accountability to redemption and second chances, this wasn’t just an interview — it was a moment. Then the conversation turns personal. Loren opens up about her mother’s cancer journey and a sudden health insurance scare that reflects what millions of Americans are now facing as Obamacare subsidies expire. Mimi explains what’s really happening with Medicare, Medicaid, and employer insurance — and why everyone should check their coverage immediately. This episode is about survival, loyalty, faith, exhaustion, and learning how to be still in a world that never stops. Because behind the headlines, real life is happening.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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this is your deli dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now today, guys, on our episode, coming in hot, Miss Mimi Brown TV is here. Hello, everyone. Thanks, we're going to have for me. So excited. Of course. So our audience here, they are called the low riders.

Okay. Because they'd be riding for me, okay? When they be coming for me, they'd be riding for me. So, you know, that's our audience. our community. So it is Mimi's first time here on the podcast. Mimi does front page news on the Breakfast Club. And I have her here today because I'm trying to figure out world domination. Now I'm joking. I have her here today because I wanted to talk to you guys just about like health insurance and some of the things that are going on with Medicare because of a very personal

experience that I've recently encountered that we're going to talk a little bit about. But there was so much that went down today. Mimi was at the studio with us all day. today at the breakfast club and we had Fetty Watt pop up at the show and she was there for that and you know just some things so we're going to talk through that talk to the day so y'all going to hear me me talk about more than just front page news today yes I'm excited little more than one dimensional news to get into it a little bit yes yes for sure so um here on the latest we do a segment when we open the show it's called behind the scenes of the grind the check-in back on the grind Now, I started this even though I don't have a co-host on this show.

Like, it's literally just me and the low riders and the cameras. But the reason why I started the check-in, even though I'm in here talking to myself, is because I felt like in the beginning when I started this podcast, almost a year we're literally, you know, almost a year next month, March 24th. When we started this podcast, I had so much happening, so fast. It has been a crazy year But I think one of the things that I realized That I didn't do enough of

Was just take a second to sit down and check in on myself And I realized how much that played into Negatively, positively, but also kind of like Ambiguously as well where like some days I was just there I wasn't my day wasn't good My day wasn't bad I was literally just getting through the day And how that played into like everything I do and work

and how I show up for people just in my real life too. So I was like, girl, you guys start checking in on yourself seriously. So I felt like if I made it a part of the podcast and how we opened the show, I would have to take the second to do that. Yes. So we are going to start with the behind the scenes of the grind checking. So Ms. Mimi Brown, checking it behind the scenes of the grind, how are you feeling? And when I asked you that, I mean, how are you really?

You know what? That's a mixed bag because I am so excited to be in New York, right? Yeah, on the East Coast. So I live in L.A. I usually do the show remote. And so to be here is so exciting and to just to, you know, physically, mentally be here. But I will say this.

For what I do with the news, it is very exhausting. Only because it is a very fast moving news cycle all the time. there are things that are hitting you while you're sleeping. We're living in a time that I never thought that we would be in. And because I care so much, I can't escape it, right? So it's one part of because I care about what's happening in the world and what's happening to people. But then there's the other side where I have to do it for my job, right? So I can't escape it.

And so for me, I'm doing good right now because I think I'm in the fog of the excitement. But if it were a regular day and it was a Friday, I'd probably be. be more mentally exhausted from the week, from the headlines, from whatever happened that drove us into another wave of, oh, my God, I can't believe this is actually happening in 2020. You said something that I heard and I'm like, damn, like, I know what that feels like you said. I can't escape it. And I like often feel like, you know, like we have jobs that I think a lot of people are like, oh my God. Like if you want to do news in a pop culture space, we are very, very blessed to be in the space.

And you know what I mean? To be doing the things that we're doing and the platforms that we're working with. But I always wonder to myself, today's actually Angie Martinez's birthday. Happy birthday, if you're listening. I don't know if she listens, but if she does, that is the goal. She is like on my mountain rush more of people who do what I do. And I've been blessed to be able to meet her and have, you know, a few conversations with her because of the state. Power 101, 5-1, which is the station that the breakfast club is on in New York.

But I was reading or rereading her book when I was coming back from Ghana, and it just hit so differently this time around because of the year that I've had. And one of the biggest things in the book that I feel like I didn't hear her talk much about. And I was like, man, I hope she writes another book because it is. It's like, what was her escape from this? Because even when she had her son, and I know you have a son, even when she had her son, she talked about, like, how difficult it was because she was in a thick of it. She was at the, like, that's like if I was getting pregnant, like today.

Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, she was at the thick of, like, okay, things are changing. People are paying attention. Your career is a very pivotal point, and I don't want to be pregnant today. I know that I need it. I know I got some more time to put in, you know what I'm saying? But, you know, those are things that I think about, like, okay, you know, building a family and not even just like building a family, but like, just having time.

time for myself. Like, I need to go get my nails and I haven't done it because, like, I can't find the time in between when do I sleep, when do I, I can't escape it. Like, I always feel like I'm going to miss something. Always. And do you, people ever say, you never put down your phone. People always tell me that. And girl, I got two of her. Right. I'd be on both either. I'd be like, all right, this one posting the content. This one is the emails. Like, it, like, yes. Yeah. Because you feel guilty almost. Like, if I stop and I take a few moments for myself, I've feel so guilty and I feel like I've missed something. So, you know, I think for both of us, what we need to do in 2026 is really try and find a balance, like a moment where we can escape.

Because even now, as I'm saying this, I see your phone lighting up. My phone is lighting. Girl, literally right now, you made me look at my phone. Yeah. I mean, but that's what I'm saying. It's hard to escape it. It just, it really is. And so I think for me, I'm going to try and be more intentional to actually take the days off that I have off. But, But, I mean, I feel like, oh, my gosh, something's going to break over the weekend. I need to know what's going to happen. Yeah. And during the weekends, I feel like, even though I've gotten a lot better at having a good time.

But, like, I'm still, because it's like, I like to, we were talking about this. Like, I like to, like to, like watch things as they happen. Me too. I feel like to, like to watch my timeline. I like to, you know, watch interviews when they're first posted before they make it to blogs and social media gets an opinion of them. Like, I like to do all that type of stuff. Yeah.

And I feel like I use my weekends for that. But like even just in unpacking my apartment and organizing my life so that my work life isn't chaotic, I've had to almost bargain with myself to be able to find time to do that. And then I feel, you know, I'm in this phase of like trying to save money and make sure I'm doing the right things with money. And I feel bad when I have to hire people to do things like just clean or like it's just it's, it's. But that saves your time. It does. It saves your time.

Yes. And so you shouldn't feel bad because you can't do everything. Like, I've had to learn how to do that, especially as a mom. Like, I feel guilty when I'm doing this, and I don't give my son the time that he needs, but then the house still needs to be cleaned up. Then I, you know, I need to. So I've had to learn how to outsource. So don't feel bad for that because that will give you some as your time.

That feel bad feeling. Every time I say that, I'm like, girl, do you hear yourself? There are so many people who, like, don't even have that option. Like, shut up. But for me, for me, the feel bad feeling is like, like, I could do that just as good as the person I'm about to pay this couple hundred dollars to. And it's a couple hundred dollars could go to my savings account. It could go to, you know, like, dang, I just thought of something right now.

Like, literally in this moment, I thought of something that I could be doing with my money and I thought of something that I need to pay, not for myself but for someone else. Like, there's just so much that ride. But do you tell me that you were at times mentally, I mean, just physically, mentally exhausted, right? Girl, hell yeah. So I think, you know, if you carry that into, like, just day after day, week after week, that's going to take a toll. So that money that you're talking about saving is going to impact your health, which is not worth it at the end.

So I think, you know, when I look at it like that, you know, it's money well spent. Yeah. Yeah, I tell myself that. Yeah. But yeah, I just, that, I can't escape it. I'm like, you know, I always think about and reading Angie Martinez's book made me think about again, like, how do I create those subtle escapes for myself where, like, I'm still able to tap back in and do my job. when necessary. But at the same time,

I'm enjoying life and enjoying what's happening right now and enjoying people in my life and taking the time I need for myself that does not be so burnt out and just show up for people and show up for myself. You know what I mean?

Absolutely. Like, does our job really afford for you to be able to do that? You have to steal those moments. And I think that's what we have to figure out how to do when and how to do it. Because you have to literally steal those moments. You just do it.

You know? Girl, I ain't stolen a long time. But you don't have to keep each other. on that one. Yeah, he's stolen a long time to do it. Me, me like, girl, I ain't never sold nothing. I don't know what you. So I'm going to be here preaching to her.

I don't do it myself, okay? But we're going to figure it out. Well, so behind the scenes of the grind, we are figuring out how to balance it. I just a lot about that to hear, though, like, just figuring out how to balance it all. And, like, what that, like, really honestly looks like because I think it's different for everybody as well, too.

Like, what mine looks like is different than what yours look like, especially because, like, I don't have a kid yet. and when I do my kid is going to be brand new. I'm saying brand new. Mine is 12, so he's pretty self-sufficient. Yes, sir. Yeah, mine's going to be brand new. They're pill them out the pack.

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but when I was sitting there with Freddie Wap, as we were talking to him, in my mind, I was like, I'm really happy for him. I was really happy for him, too. He's in a different place mentally. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but it just felt weird to be like, I'm really happy for you. You had to do all that time in jail.

Like, that's how I was thinking. Yeah. But then I'm like, I'm like, man, jail really changed his life if not saved his life. You can tell. Yeah. And I don't ever want to see anybody behind bars. I know that that is rough. Especially you go from being Fettywap on top of the world, right?

money issues or not because at the time that all of his issues were happening before he ended up behind bars, there were conversations about different money issues and him having fun things in his career and just different things by himself, which is how he, you know, ended up in a predicament which landed him behind bars. Yeah. But, yeah, I just, the time that he was able to sit down, and we talked about that, like sitting still, being still. The time he was able to sit down, I think really, really changed. Now, granted, it's only been about 48, maybe 72 hours, depending on the day you watching this video or listening to this audio since he's been home.

But I don't know. That's what I took away from the conversation. You know what I took away? I loved how he talked about realizing, and I don't think you need to go to jail to realize it, but I love how he talked about realizing who was really down for him. Yeah. When he was there. Yeah.

You know? because you guys talked about he would spend money on his 20 friends to go here, to go there and do all the things and then when he was there he named a handful of people literally on one hand who showed up for him. Girl, it wasn't even five people.

It wasn't even five people. He said Coil-Leray 50 Cent, Chief Keith and there was somebody else. His family, I think there might have been like, was there any, I don't know. Look, we have the clip. take a listen to who Fetty Wop talked about, you know, really being there for him and what that looked like.

Was the industry there for you when you were locked up? Like who? Artists, label, people, family. Family included? Family? Yeah, my family was there. Industry? Not too much.

Not too much. No, man. Let me see. Oh, Coilet. Coalere. Corle ray. 50 cent. Chief Keith.

How, though? And, like, in what way? Like, when you say they were there for you, like, what was it? Well, of course. She actually helped me out with a record. I had put out an album called King Zoo. Right. And she actually, she featured on the record.

She did a whole TikTok thing for me. And she just did it off the love. Like, she pushed that as if it was her own record. So, like, I don't even know how to thank her for that. You know what I'm saying? Because she didn't have to do that. She was already, she already, she's doing her thing, you know what I'm saying? And she's from Jersey.

So they had like this theory with people, from Jersey where we like to pull each other down. So for her to help lift me up in my time of darkness, it was like, thank you a lot, you know what I'm saying? You said 50. What did 50 you do? Man, 50, huh, uh, 50 did a lot for me. From day one, it was like he reached out like,

yo, whatever you need, just holl at me. You know what I'm saying? And I'm like, all, all, all right, all right, all. And then it was like, where is this money going? I'm like, what? You know what I'm used to that? I'm used to, it's always the other way around. You know what I'm saying?

You send me the money here, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, so it was just like, it was nothing. Like, whatever I needed, he was right there. Like, he answered the phone, he, he, he didn't shy off, you know what I'm saying? All the way down to the time I'm about to come home. He said, yo, how you're getting home and stuff like that?

You know what I'm saying? So, like, if anything, like, as far as, as far as financial and, like, mental, like, help, he was probably there the biggest. That's old. Yeah. I know 50 was, like, helping you diverse, like income and different things like that as well too. What were the conversations like about when FettyWop comes home,

50 cents giving you what advice of like, here's what you should be doing business why because the industry has changed so much? I can't curse, right? Yeah, you curse. Yeah, you curse. Yeah, yo, stop fucking up. You know what I'm saying? You should have never stopped making music.

Like, you should have kept going hard. Like, you know what I'm saying? That's 50 going, 50 going, 50 going. He's going to say what he wants to say. Like, you know what I'm saying? He ain't got no filter. So it was good Everything he told me

You just like You know what I'm saying Just get back to it Like don't waste no time this time You only got This this is my last chance You know what I'm saying However that

However that sounds to people But you know If you're in this industry You know what that means You know what I'm saying So you gotta make it count That's the story of it Like you know

At the top You got everything going for yourself You can do everything for people Everybody's around When things are dark and you can't do as much for people they're not around you see who's down for you exactly

exactly and there's a clip going viral of Fettywap running into French Montana and Max B in the hallway at Power 1 or 51 you know the powers collided they stopped they had a conversation and I think you know Max B is a person who just recently came home as well too

who I'm sure has so many conversations that he can have about people being down for him not being down for him right like you know like that whole it's crazy how you it all works like that cycle of like you get on you're able to change your life and change other people's lives and then the minute that you can't do the minute that you have to say no the minute that you can't answer the phone as much people stop people stop but you know what i like what's the through line of all three of those people that you just named max b french montana and um and uh

fetti wop is that even uh max b he was talking about you know he did 18 years yeah he did 18 years And he talked about French, just kind of being there for him. I thought that was so fire. Right. But I think it's so fire to see French Montana and Maxby's relationship play out in real time. Like Maxby coming home, French shaking him to the game, making sure he's straight. Yeah. Because everybody needs a somebody.

Everybody needs a somebody. Like, especially when you are locked up or whatever that may look like. But, you know, just to see their friendship, you know, for all these years, that's amazing. One of the other things too that I thought was pretty interesting. I'd ask Fettywap about Maseka and some tweets that Maseca had tweeted out. And it was very like, I mean, I think by now, by now I've kind of, anything that's like pop culture and trending or whatever, we're going to ask about it when the interview happens, right?

And I've kind of gotten in a space where we do these interviews where it's like, because sometimes like it's not the most comfortable. thing to bring up, especially because when I'm listening to FettyWop talk, in my mind, I'm like, I don't know. Like, it's a weird space to be in. It's like, you don't know other than what someone's sitting in front of you and telling you, right? So when I'm hearing him say, yo, I just want to spend time with my kids.

I want to, everything was about making up for time that was not spent. Will my kids forgive me? I'm going to get back to music. I've already been in the studio, but like right now, Redemption is putting that time in. Yeah. And then you see her tweets online where Maseka's like, you know, verbatim. She's like, she's calling Freddie Wopper disappointment.

She says, how do you get out and be an immediate disappointment? I hate believing in a nigger that I know I shouldn't believe in. And he proves me the F right. Prove me wrong. And she put wrong on all cats. Prove me wrong for once. Damn. First day out and still a bitch-ass nigger.

Go back. I don't play about my babies and I don't give that. F who don't like it. Sorry for the curses, y'all. I don't really curse like that down the pot. My kids have been through enough. Let my babies down and you're going to see a different side of me. And I get it.

As a mom, if she feels like her kids were wrong, she's going to come like that about her baby. You turn it to a different person when you feel like someone's messing with your kids, whatever that may look like. Right. You definitely do. But in talking to him, I'm like, even when I asked him about it,

it was kind of one of those things where my first instinct was I don't know what's going on inside of their situation, but I hope for the remainder of the time that we have to see them interact with each other until their baby is however old where they don't have to be as direct in communication, they can figure it out off the internet because it seems like he is really trying to be in a place,

a place of like peace and space where things are growing. But again, I'm not taking away from him and what he said to us. I can only go about what he's saying to us, though. And I hear her on one side as well, too. So you got to kind of like, I guess you got to kind of take both into account. But let's take a list in to Feddy about when I asked him about Maseka and how he handed back. I saw Maseka tweeting about, yeah, that whole situation.

You see that segue, though? You see that? She wanted that segue. I was going to ask a question regardless. You all in his bedroom. But, I mean, okay, so I'm asking you. I saw her tweet about disappointment. And I know you guys have a daughter together.

Like, what's the plan for you or her moving forward? because that gets loud. I appreciate her for, you know, I appreciate her for making sure she, making sure that my daughter knew that I love her. She didn't try to keep her away at this time. You know, during that time I was down. You know, whenever I called for her,

she let me talk to her. You know what I mean? I don't got nothing bad to say about her. So, whatever, I don't know. I don't be, I'm not really a, social media person. Would you jump back on reality show?

Would you do that? I promise my guys I'll do it for them. Loving hip hop is on his way. But I don't, you know what I'm saying? That's not, that's not nothing that I would have chosen for myself. But like I said, when you, when you're down,

you're just like, damn, I should have did that, man. So I could, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's just a whole bunch of things. You just wish you should have did. But yeah, as far as that situation, I don't have nothing bad to say by nobody. Even when it comes down to what you asked me earlier, as far as

my daughter's mom like you know like no matter what happens as a man you stand up so it doesn't matter what what anybody says about me you know what I'm saying like you take care of my you take care of my kids I'm gonna love you forever it doesn't matter like you know what I'm saying and I appreciate each one of my kids moms you know they're all healthy they're all in school they all breathing they all doing their thing you know what I'm saying like and uh You know, oh yeah, and I want to say I appreciate my daughter Lawrence mother too. She was there at the beginning of this bed for me, you know, when she didn't have to be. You know, she was going through her own thing, you know what I mean?

So, yeah, I just, I don't have time for negativity, man. He seemed, no matter what, whatever's happening, he did seem grateful for her holding him down. You whatever that may look like. Yeah, right, right? even if at like a surface level of just like just answering the phone when he calls so he could talk to his daughter is what it's sounding like he was just grateful for that he sounded like he was just grateful for that yeah you know we don't know all the details but you know just judging from his response and again as a mom I get it I get it you if I feel like my child isn't getting something from their father I might get you know rah rah on you too but I do understand also where he's coming from like you know just thank you know well listen, I hope that, you know, all of the gratitude and everything that we've experienced from him in this interview today is what carries on throughout his release. He does have, you know, some strict guidelines around his release. I know he'll be on these strict guidelines for the next five years. Drug testing can be a thing. He won't be able to open bank accounts or approval from the feds. And even then he'll still have to let probation officers know about like taxes and, any income. Of course, no alcohol or drugs are less prescribed, which is why they're, you know, potentially will be doing the testing. And if it's up to a judge, he may be tested, you know,

through a rehabilitation program, which is set just for him just to make sure that he stays on track throughout this time that he'll have to be involved in, you know, this next level of like what monitoring from the government looks like. And for those of you guys who made it, remember, Fetty Wap was arrested some years back. And again, he completed a three-year sentence out of six years. So back in May of 2023, Fetty Wap was sentenced to six years. So he completed three and he is now home. But when he was first busted, he was busted over 500 grams or more of cocaine and thousands of dollars in cash.

But I think it's a big deal that the court decided to let him go, you know, all these months early. I think it speaks volumes to just what he's been able to do rehabilitation-wise for himself. And what we saw, right? Yeah, girl. What we saw. Yeah. Yes.

It was evident. I've never, that's not true. I guess I had before, but sitting with him, I was like, okay, I truly believe he's going to use his second chance that God is given him to make the most out of his situation. And he did. That was so touching. It was because I think for a lot of people, when you are, you know, you have, because he has fame. I don't know how much money he may have left or not, you know what I'm saying, but he has fame.

He has an notoriety. They're still a platform. There could still be such an entitlement to what he thinks he should have because of who he was before he was thrown behind bars. Everything about the person that just sat in that breakfast club room with us today was stripped of all of that. there was no entitlement. There was no, there was a lot of accountability. And I think that there was a lot of God in that room. I don't know.

He didn't talk much about faith besides saying God said it. But you could literally feel like, oh, his purpose and his, like, and maybe that's what it is. Maybe he'll ask him that because someone was it Charleney. Charlemagne. Charlemagne, they brought up a proverb, I believe it's 4610 where God talks about being still. Psalms. Psalms, Psalms 4610. I think I googled.

Let me see. So Psalms 4610, yes, this is what Charlomaine brought up. Be still and know that I am God. I'll be exalted among nations. I'll be exalted in the earth. Let's take a listen to that moment. That was a moment where I was like, oh, baby, God is welcome with this man. And I am so happy to hear it.

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I brought Mimi Brown here today because, I mean, first of all, she's in New York. So it's like, why not have a superstar on the podcast? But also, yesterday in real time, I was getting phone calls about my mom's insurance. And my mom comes to New York. For those of you guys who do not know, the low riders who don't know, my mom is a stage for a brain and lung cancer survivor. So at this point, she is doing scans every three months just to like check up, just to make sure that nothing's growing, nothing's there, all of that stuff.

And we always have like a little stumble, stumble when it's time for her skins because, you know, hospitals are overwhelmed. Approvals from insurances don't happen all the time on time. So that was no biggie. I'm like, okay, I know how to handle this. We call third parties. We push the approvals ourselves by just saying flagging the fact that we don't have authorizations. Her doctor is such an advocate.

Boom. We're doing all that. And then my mom calls me and says that her home health aid agency has called her and said that they will have to take her home health aid off of the schedule because her insurance is saying that they don't have, like it's canceled. She doesn't have it anymore. Her home health aid, though, did show up today. And I haven't talked to her insurance yet because when I finished life yesterday with just getting her calmed and, you know, back and headed to Delaware with my brother, I was so exhausted.

I was like, I'm going to deal with them tomorrow. But my mom let me know that her home health aid did show up today. So I'm not for sure what's going on with her insurance or not. But I do know that we've been having some hiccups and we were told that it was canceled by the home health agency. And I went to Mimi and I'm like, yo, where did Trump leave off? Because I thought he backed off of this. I thought we were okay. So, yes, we talked about this a little bit.

You know, and I think it's, and we said, when you told me this, Lauren, I was like, you know, we always talk about 20 million people who, you know, may no longer have health insurance, who may be kicked off their health insurance, but you put a name to the face literally yesterday, right? You put a situation to the face. And I think what's happening is people are finding out in real time that as of December 31, 2021, 2025, that they either no longer have health insurance, they can no longer afford their health insurance, or some of the services and benefits that they had with their health insurance are no longer viable. They will no longer apply to their account anymore. And that is just because the Obamacare subsidies that would keep things low so that people can afford to have those. health insurance, health have that health insurance, they expired. And Republicans who are in charge

of the House, who are in charge of the Senate, they have not put together a health care plan for the American people. And so right now, as of, you know, the first second, going into the second week of January, there are millions of people who will no longer have health insurance. And, you know, it is a thing that I think that most people, you know, it is a thing that I think that most people don't think about, right? Because we, again, some of the things that are happening in the world are things that we've never really had to deal with, right? Those are just afterthoughts. You know that, you know, you can get affordable health insurance some kind of way. But right now, it is really hard. We've never been in this situation. And so I think, you know, what people need to do

is call their insurance plans, check on your premiums, you know, and this is not just going to affect people who have Medicare or Medicaid. This is, you know, this is a lot of, you know, this is a going to affect employee-led insurance programs. So even if you have it through work, maybe your corporate insurance, even your corporate health, it's going to go up because it's all, it's all, you're going to pay more first though. You're going to have to pay more.

Because if, if they kick off, you know, Medicare, Medicaid or ACA programs, that's going to affect, you know, insurance premiums, insurance companies are still going to have to get paid. That's going to affect the people who have insurance through their job, you know? It's always going to be a domino effect. And so a lot of people think it's not going to affect you because, oh, I, you know,

I have it through my job. It definitely will affect you. Your services that you usually get may go up. You're out-of-pocket expenses, maybe more. I just think before you go to the doctor, before you schedule your checkup, before anything, this year in 2026, you just need to call and make sure that you still have the same coverage that you thought you had as of last year, you know, because Trump didn't. back off of it and he has no plan

for the future going forward. I will say this. Today's Friday. So as of Thursday yesterday, the House Republicans January 5th, January 8th, January 8th. Woo, I said 5th. Y'all. It's three days later. January 8th was yesterday. They had a health

care vote in the house. I think it was about 17 Republicans voted with Democrats to to reinstate those Obamacare subsidies that would push back those prices, but it now heads to the Senate, which is expected to have a tough time. So the way the process works, the House will vote on it, the Senate will vote on it, and then the president will sign it into law. I don't know if

the Senate, it's going to pass the Senate because, you know, they have their own things that they want to add to it that may not go over well, you know. They want abortion, stricter abortion laws, just things that really don't affect everyday people. I just, you know, we should care about our fellow human. That's all. And we should just care that people really need to get their cancer screenings or people really need to take their baby to the hospital or whatever that may look like. But right now, it's not looking great.

Yeah, I just wanted you to, the conversation we had yesterday, which is insane because before all it is, like a few months ago, my mom's insurance called and were like, hey, because of everything that's happening with the new administration, we're just calling it because certain things are changing. We want you to know. So we talked through all of that, but I did not think it would get to this point where, like, I'm having to wonder,

does my mom not have health insurance? Yeah. Yeah. And then I'm like, okay, I'm not rich, but, like, I know I can help her pay for health insurance if I have to. Like, I think God that I have a job, you know what I mean? But I'm thinking about people who, even with the job, might not be in that place.

I mean to be able to pay out of pocket. And it's just, oh, my God. It just stops. And it's like, you just have a, like, literally yesterday, it was just like, well, boom, here you go. And I didn't even have the bandwidth to begin to dive into all of that. I can't imagine someone who not only doesn't have the, you know, the means to pay for it, but also, like, if you are a sick person going through something, you want me to now sit on the phone and figure out the insurance?

it's beyond, it's almost cruel. It is cruel, right? Because when you think about the people who just need it for their everyday survival and they can't get it, it's, it's, I talked to someone a couple weeks ago who told me that their insurance premium jumped from $300 a month to $2,200 a month and they've been forced to cancel it, you know. So what do you do in those type of situation? So it's, you know, I don't know. I really don't. I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't know where we are headed. But it is something that I'm committed to following and seeing where we go from here. But, you know, it's just, it's really all up in the air. If you ask me, I think we're focusing too much on foreign issues versus issues right here at home. That's always been a complaint about our government, regardless of the administration. Like, I remember people who were saying that about, like, like, Eric Adams in New York

and, like, you know, Biden at one point. Just like, we're worried about, like, take care of home first. It has always been a conversation about the government. But yeah, girl, I just needed that conversation. So I'm like, if I need it, I know there might be someone else out there that also needs it as well, too. So let the people know where they can follow you at for more information like this. Please follow me at Mimi Brown TV. And I'm also talking about these issues Monday through Friday during Front Page News.

So make sure you tune in. I'm always literally trying to break it down in a way that is understandable for our, everyday life. Because I think a lot of people are like, oh, I don't follow politics or I don't know what that means, but I literally make it my life's work to tell you how this is going to show up at your front door. Mimi is M-I-M-I-M-I. Spell it out for the audio listeners too. Yep. M-I-M-I-M-I-Brown, like the color. So Mimi-Brown TV on all platforms. Well, y'all, this has been another. Look at Baby PJ. So cute. He ready for this podcast episode to be over. He missed it.

is me. They're going to try to say I didn't know how to hold him. I'm going to show you. I knew what I was doing. Not knowing how to hold the baby's head, Lauren. I know how to hold a baby. That's not what I heard. All right, y'all. We're going to wrap this podcast episode because I need to show Mimi that I know what I'm doing. Okay? Like, they got my name out here. I'm going to play y'all the clip. Okay, they were telling me. I didn't know what I was doing. When Lauren was holding Taylor's baby, it's scared to issue out of me and Shal of me. I knew what to do. You looked like Rashon Rock. The baby had. Wow.

Get the baby back to Taylor's right. You know what? It's not my time yet, but when it is, I will have a car seat. I put the baby in. Miss Gwen was so nervous. Oh, my God. Taylor, thank you for trusting me with your baby.

She tried to make the baby walk the baby. She's got to hold the baby up the wall. I'm like, what with you? I'm like, come on, man. You watch them memes too much and them babies dancing and you've been believing it. Hey, aye. Taylor's baby loved me.

Okay, he didn't cry. So I got through it. scared. So we're going to wrap this episode, Little Riders. I tell you guys every single episode, y'all can be anywhere with anybody talking about all of the things and all of these things, but you guys choose to be right here with me,

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