Virginia Gilbert was shocked and angry after she learned last week that premiums for her Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance policy will more than double next year, jumping from $930 to $2,042.
She was freshly outraged after U.S. senators reached an agreement this week to end the six-week government shutdown without securing an extension of enhanced premium tax credits for ACA-backed plans.
That leaves little prospect for the continuation of bigger subsidies and little hope of adequate assistance for people like Gilbert – a self-employed marriage and family therapist – who don’t have access to employee-backed coverage, she said…