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In reply to the discussion: This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,062 posts)is thrilled with her health care coverage.
She pays roughly $45/month, has a $2,000 deductible/max out of pocket. If she opens up an HSA with her employer and kicks in $1500 they kick in the rest. Her job pays barely above minimum wage - and as long as she works an average of 32 weeks a year they are required to cover her. She would not have this insurance, but for the ACA.
I have a much better job, my coverage costs more and pays less, but I also have chronic health issues.
No - I don't think that "most Americans" are happy with their coverage - the Republicans sabotaged enough of the ACA that it generally costs far more and covers far less than it would have had it not been subject to death by a 1000 paper cuts. But it is far better than what existed before the ACA - when my daughter, and people like her, would be dead (and I'd now be penniless, having spent everything I'd saved for half a century to buy her as much care as we could afford).