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Our office sells health insurance (among a number of other financial services products and functions).

I was listening to one of the reps on the phone the other day, helping someone who called in. She told the person, “realistically, your monthly premium for your family of four, is going to be in the range of $1,300 to $2,000 for next year”.

I gulped. People in Omaha, Nebraska do not have that kind of money for health insurance premiums. That is much more than most pay for housing, would take one worker’s entire take-home paycheck just to pay the insurance premiums... not even considering the deductibles and co-pays.

This is what 0bamacare has created, with the cost-shifting, subsidies, and mandates for coverage people do not want or need, the insurance is not affordable for most people who have to go it alone, without subsidies and/or employer assistance with the premiums.