A rural Dane County family’s experience illustrates the way thousands across Wisconsin will be affected by skyrocketing health care costs if Congress does not fund expanded subsidies for insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
Rachel LaCasse-Ford and her husband and two children live in Black Earth, a close-knit community of fewer than 2,000 people. Lacasse-Ford chose to live there for the rural setting and the ability for her to run her own business, a local campground a few hours away near the Mississippi River.
For years, she said, she’s felt secure in supporting her family and making sure her children are healthy and cared for. As a small business owner, she and her husband bought their health insurance through the federal marketplace as part of former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, and her two children have been covered by BadgerCare…