Even with “subsidies”, they wouldn’t actually be buying insurance in the form they expect it to be.
With a 5k deductible, they’d be out of pocket for most of the year anyway.
Houston had a huge sign-up program which they covered on the news last night. Room full of minorities. Two women interviewed were going on about how easy it was to get coverage, first coverage they had ever had, one said she didn’t realize it wasn’t going to cost her anything, etc. etc. Giving away the farm.