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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.[/quote]

It's a good thing we have the ACA or your premiums would be even higher [/quote]

For some people (the sick, those not paying federal taxes) that may be true. For most, including the healthy and the taxpayers, nope -- the actual cost for them is now higher.[/quote]
This is true, but then, if you are saying that we shouldn't help pay for the sick and the not poor enough for medicare people, then are you saying to them "too bad for you.. you're just sol"?

Let's play this out: [b] a middle income person who can't afford good healthcare (since ACA is no longer available) get sick.[/b] Now this person either goes on medicare or ends up in the ER and can't pay.  Who ends up paying?  The taxpayer.

Either way, taxpayers end up footing the bill. I'd rather have people healthier, able to go see the dr. fore preventative care, and be contributing members of society.[/quote]
You're making the erroneous assumption that a middle class person can't afford healthcare if the ACA is no longer available. Lots of middle class people can't afford healthcare NOW because the ACA has driven up their premiums and deductibles. The low-income get subsidized or nearly free plans and the rich have no problems. It's the moderate earners - a single person making around $50k or $60k - who has been priced out of the market as a result of Obamacare. I, for example, have a plan that covers nothing until I hit a high deductible, and so this year I've had to pay everything out of pocket. So many people don't understand that Obamacare has really hurt the moderate earners![/quote]
There were millions of middle class people who didn't qualify for healthcare before ACA, too.

yes, some have had to go on to high deductible plans, but if you got really really sick, you won't lose everything because your high deductible plan will start covering you for those expensive medical treatments once you hit the deductible.  I have one of these plans.  It's better than not being able to get any coverage, which was my issue before ACA.

Fix the ACA or replace it with something better. But, for millions, reverting back isn't the answer.[/quote]

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