Soon after her testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee was posted online last month, Eileen Spickler started to notice the comments.
She had testified about her husband Barry’s unexpected early retirement, his health struggles and the financial headwinds they faced. For the first time in their lives, Spickler and her husband turned to food pantries because the cost of groceries no longer fit in their budget.
Takeaways
- Enhanced tax credits that help people pay for health coverage purchased through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace will expire on Dec. 31.
- That will lead to an increase in the amount people have to pay for monthly premiums and force some people to drop coverage.
- More people without coverage will have negative consequences across the health care ecosystem.
An almost $150-a-month increase in the cost of Barry’s Affordable Care Act health insurance wouldn’t fit either.
But internet commenters didn’t get it…