Jacqueline Leo
theweek.com
January 1, 2014
ObamaCare has delivered another sucker punch to the middle class. This time
it’s sticker shock.
Now that most people can get past the tech problems of HealthCare.gov and
actually see the real cost of insurance plans available, they are finding that
Affordable Care is a big hit to the family budget. And when the family budget
gets hit in the solar plexus, guess what happens to consumer spending and the
economy?
In California, policies for about 900,000 Californians are being canceled
because of ObamaCare’s mandates, and about two-thirds of these do not qualify
for subsidies, according to The Chicago Tribune. The result: These folks will be
paying higher premiums.
In Alabama, premiums have doubled for some middle-class families, like that
of Courtney Long, a stay-at-home mother of four. She told WHNT News, “It’s
devastating. I started crying.”
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
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