Supporters of President Barack Obama
and his health care law were shocked to learn that their health care
plans are being replaced with more expensive ones to comply with all the
requirements of Obamacare.
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woman looks at the HealthCare. gov insurance exchange internet site
October 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama’s
Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it is commonly called, passed in
March 2010, went into effect Tuesday at 8am EST. Credit: AFP/Getty
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Cindy Vinson, of San Jose, Calif., will
reportedly pay $1,800 more each year for an individual policy.
Additionally, Tom Waschura, of Portola Valley, Calif., will pay nearly
$10,000 more for insurance to cover his family of four.
Both of the California residents “vote independent and are proud to say they helped elect and re-elect President Barack Obama,” according to the San Jose Mercury News. They also both anticipated their rates would go up, just not so drastically.
“Of course, I want people to have
health care, I just didn’t realize I would be the one who was going to
pay for it personally,” Vinson said.
Waschura said he was “laughing” at House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Republicans until he got his new rates in the mail.
“I really don’t like the Republican
tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about
this. When you take $10,000 out of my family’s pocket each year, that’s
otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going
into our local economy,” he said.
“Both Vinson and Waschura have adjusted
gross incomes greater than four times the federal poverty level — the
cutoff for a tax credit,” the report adds.
Even so, Waschura says he is still not against Obamacare, despite the $10,000 yearly increase in his insurance plan.
“It’s just the initial shock. I’m holding out hope that there will be a correction over a handful of years,” he said.
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