I always thought that was the case.
It appears that this story is about a pastor who REFUSED to get Obamacare, because the premium was too much. So, instead the pastor has to pay many times more out of pocket under his “non-Obamacare” policy (which he apparently had all along).
This is a very misleading story!
The things I said are correct, but may be irrelevant to the issue at hand.