My son’s insurance went from $167/month to $665. Deductibles went from about $1,500 to $6,000. Although he visits a doctor about every three months, his insurance never covered a thing. I really wondered why I was bothering to keep paying for this expensive and useless plan.
Since Trump has been pushing back on forced Obamacare, we have been able to get a $353 premium plan. Still expensive, but not as bad.
The problem with leaving ObamaCare on the books while reducing the penalty to $0 is that it still prohibits cheap, limited plans that leave out parts you wouldn’t want and/or need. Cheap insurance is still illegal under this law.
Americans had plenty of warning before the law passed, and a couple of ominous signs afterwards. First, it wouldn’t kick in until after Otoken had run for his second term; second, the name was shortened in the public discourse. The original name of this law was “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” - and now it is either “Affordable Care Act” or “ObamaCare”.