http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/#state=ny&zip=&income-type=dollars&income=21866&employer-coverage=0&people=2&adult-count=2&adults[0][age]=21&adults[0][tobacco]=0&adults[1][age]=21&adults[1][tobacco]=0&child-count=0&child-tobacco=0
As I understand it if an employer stops allowing the spouse on the plan, the spouse cannot get subsidies.
They have to had planned this to fail. The question is why did the insurance companies go along? The KNEW it wouldn’t work.