The law that dare not speak its name
Why Democrats don’t boast about their biggest accomplishment
“MY INSURANCE was cancelled because of Obamacare. Now the out-of-pocket costs are so high, it’s unaffordable,” said Julie Boonstra, a cancer patient, in an ad attacking Gary Peters, a Democrat running for the Senate in Michigan. It turned out, however, that Mrs Boonstra will save over $1,000 this year because of the health law; she just didn’t know it. Mrs Boonstra’s confusion is not unusual. Many Americans are eligible for federal subsidies to help pay for insurance, but don’t know it.
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