When is someone going to realize that the people getting screwed the most are the young people who wouldn’t buy health insurance if they didn’t have to.
That is who the biggest part of this tax increase falls on.
How many young workers won’t start new businesses because their health insurance costs were the difference between deciding to take a chance or play it safe?
It’s not just the young people getting screwed, it’s all of us. I’m over 65, opted not to get Medicare but have a private insurance plan. It’s inexpensive, has a high deductible and I have it to cover any possible hospitalization. The rest of my medical needs I can cover out of my pocket.
But my insurance carrier can’t sell me that policy any more because although it is what I want, it doesn’t agree with what the government says I need. I already had one set of parents I don’t want or need the government trying to fill that role, particularly when it’s my money we are talking about.