It is supposed to be a “reform” that works for workers when their health insurance as a benefit of employment is cut? This is just another domino to fall as our standard of living plummets to meet the rising standard of living of Asia’s rapidly-growing middle class (our diminished purchasing power/de-valued wages was first).
The only thing that will make health care more affordable is to unleash market forces. The reason health insurance became so expensive in the first place is that lobbyists pressured state legislators into adding all kinds of mandates on insurance. Until people can buy only the insuranc they want and patients and providers are more directly connected, costs will continue to increase and quality and access will decline. Government screws up everything it touches.