Why didn't you buy another private policy?
I may have explained some of the answer in a reply just above. My policy went from about $270/mo --which is already outrageous-- to a new post-Obamacare policy of over $550/mo. For worse coverage... Their "bronze" plan. I don't spend that much on food and bar-tabs combined. I live pretty frugally. I'm healthy. I currently, and for the last several years have had --zero-- healthcare expenditures, unless you count Gold Bold Medicated Powder and some Tinactin. If I paid for a private policy now, it would be subsidized anyway... And then probably for a similar amount to the cost of the welfare policy. It's a catch-22. So I'm screwed either way.