If you are within 400% of the Federal poverty rate, you will receive a subsidy to reduce your monthly premium. Those subsidies are public tax payer dollars, going straight to private, for profit, insurance companies.
Do we really need millions upon millions of dollars of tax revenue, going into the pockets of profit motivated insurance companies?
What would it be like if Medicare was on the health exchanges as an option for our insurance carrier?
We could pay our monthly premiums to Medicare! Then, our public subsidy tax dollars will be going back into Medicare, keeping this not for profit medical insurance strong, and LOWERING our monthly premium!
Let's put Medicare on the Affordable Care Act health exchanges as an insurance carrier option, and put AFFORDABLE into the ACA.