Jeff Liles is hoping for a miracle.
Last week, Liles, a backbone of Dallas’ music scene, sat down to complete his annual open enrollment for federal health insurance coverage and found himself staring down the barrel of a 445% monthly price hike. He’d known about the ongoing debates in D.C. regarding the Affordable Care Act, the federal program that guarantees him access to coverage, and he’d begrudgingly expected his monthly health insurance payment to double as a result.
Instead, the system’s estimate took his monthly premium from $440 to $2,400…