Even a thinking lefty would take pause.
I was on the ACA website today comparing policies. It's enough to give you high blood pressure.
I compared my county Fl. to a county in Charlotte N.C. I used 32405 and 28105 as zipcodes in case you want to check my work. A family of 4 that makes $100,000+ with a $68,000 Modified Adjust Gross Income gets an ACA subsidy of $33,072. The Bay Co. Fl. family gets a subsidy of $15,192, less than half as much.
On the other hand the cheapest Merklenburg ACA policy is $32,448 a year. wtf! The family gets it free, paid for by the hardworking taxpayers. The next policy is $32,820 again $0 for the family. The 3rd policy costs the family $35 a month, and the hardworking taxpayers, $33,072.
Put up your hand if you want to give a family making $100,000+ a $33,000 welfare check, er, I mean a subsidy.
The cost of ACA policies in Bay Co. Fl. is a little over 1/2 as much as Merklenburg.
Mikek