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In reply to the discussion: Re: ACA. Now what? [View all]MichMary
(1,714 posts)(Couldn't read the first you linked because article #2 took me to the limit for free articles.)
My dh and I are among the 15% who don't receive subsidies. We are NOT wealthy. One income family, he is paid fairly well, and we have a nice little nest egg, and pension. We are solidly middle class. I posted above about the quote that we got for the individual market. You can look through my posts here and see what our quote was. And the limitations on our doctor choices. That isn't "RW hyperbole." It is FACT. Here is another fact: In order to pay that crushing premium there is a lot we won't be doing. When we go out for a nice dinner and leave a waitress a 20% (or more) tip, that $$ goes directly into her pocket. Well, that is something we will give up. We love to read. Probably won't be spending a lot at our local bookstore. Or yarn store. May not do some traveling. Hotels, restaurants, etc. won't be seeing our money.
These are "choices" we will be forced to make, and they will impact others.
Ignoring us, or the rest of the 15%, isn't going to help the Dem party, at all. Fixes need to happen.