Reply #60: The problem IS affordability

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One of my daughters is a working single parent, paying for daycare, rent, car payment, car insurance, food and all else on about 400.00 a week after taxes. This includes child support. Luckily her daughter qualifies for an schip type insurance through the state of IL. She has told me she knows she needs insurance for herself but there just isn't enough left of her paycheck to pay the 50.00 a week premiums through work. I know she is not alone, and there are thousands of working parents out there who just can't stretch their paychecks far enough to pay premiums.