I have a friend in Mass who has been out of work for sometime. He went down to sign up for Mass Health because he had to by law. He bought the $600 per month plan because that’s all he could afford. When he did his taxes the next year he ended up with a $600 fine because his plan didn’t meet the minimum required by Massachusetts law!
$600/month?!! That’s absolute lunacy! When I left Canada in 07, my premium was $70/month as a single payer, mandatory with the province of BC, and everytime a dollar would be increased canadians would storm parliament hill. And they’re calling me crazy for working in mexifornia.