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[quote=Anonymous]9:01  You probably just haven't learned enough about how the law will work when these provisions go into effect to understand that there is substantial assistance to help people buy insurance that is built into th system --help for families that do not have any help with insurance now.  Here is a short description of these provisions:

Premium Subsidies
 
Households with incomes below 400 percent and above 133 percent of the federal poverty line (FPL) who are enrolled in insurance plans offered through the exchanges are eligible for premium assistance financed by the federal government (Medicaid will cover families with incomes below 133 percent of FPL). In 2010, the FPL is $22,050 for family of four. The new law establishes a sliding scale of assistance based on limitations on required family contributions to the cost of coverage. For instance, at 150 percent of FPL in 2014, ObamaCare limits the amount that such households must contribute toward their health insurance premium to 4 percent of their annual income. At 400 percent of the FPL, households must contribute 9.5 percent of their income toward insurance premiums. Whatever portion of the total health insurance premium for their coverage is not paid by these households is covered by the new federal premium assistance program.

What this means is that families with incomes even going up to 80,000 plus would have their insurance expenses capped and, if they had expenses higher than that, the fed gov would be making up the difference.  Moreover, many lower income families up to $29,326 for a family of four would be able to get on Medicaid which they are not necessarily eligible for now.  So it is simply not true that Obamacare would tax people who can't afford health insurance but not do anything to help people buy health insurance.  It does a lot to help people buy health insurance.

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