Sue worked for Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL), who lost his reelection bid in 2010 over his support for Obamacare. Sue backed the ACA until she watched it kill her private insurance this week.
She now believes she was “very wrong” about Obamacare’s ability to actually provide people with affordable healthcare, reports The Blaze.
Her newly discovered disdain for Obamacare even led her to pen these scathing words to leading Illinois Democrats:
“I spent two years defending Obamacare. I had constituents scream at me, spit at me and call me names that I can’t put in print. The congressman was not re-elected in 2010 mainly because of the anti-Obamacare anger. When the congressman was not re-elected, I also (along with the rest of our staff) lost my job. I was upset that because of the health care issue, I didn’t have a job anymore but still defended Obamacare because it would make health care available to everyone at, what I assumed, would be an affordable price. I have now learned that I was wrong…Very wrong.”
Here’s the shocking premium increase that changed her heart and mind, according to The Blaze:
Before Obamacare took effect, she was paying, “$225 a month with a $2,500 deductible.”
As the Oct. 1 implementation deadline loomed, “Her rates steadily increased and she was paying $291 a month with a $3,500 deductible as of Sept. 1.”
This week however, her monthly rates and co-pays essentially doubled, making healthcare absolutely unaffordable to her. She said:
“Blue Cross stated my current coverage would expire on Dec. 31, and here are my options: I can have a plan with similar benefits for $647.12 [or] I can have a plan with similar [but higher] pricing for $322.32 but with a $6,500 deductible!”
She quipped that the Affordable Care Act should really just be called, “The Available Care Act.”
- See more at: http://www.libertynews.com/2013/10/former-congressional-democrat-staffer-trashes-obamacare-after-her-private-insurance-rates-doubled/#sthash.dAWoVCmQ.dpufhttp://www.libertynews.com/2013/10/former-congressional-democrat-staffer-trashes-obamacare-after-her-private-insurance-rates-doubled/
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