I supported the ACA, but my policy that I like is being cancelled because of it.

[TheKentuckian]

136. Net can be manipulated so it isn't very usable, I understand that but the reality is

What you take home dictates what you can afford and that 10 of gross can be a much more onerous burden on one's net.

I have to point out credited cards and mortgages are not required by law, you have a choice of whether you can afford either based off your actual usable income and a lot more wiggle room in either case of how much those obligations cost, if elected.

Health care is not a rational market so it makes all comparisons to a rational market at least somewhat nonsensical, even compared to other forms of insurance because in those cases one is hedging a specific value - a car, a building, items bought in markets, even life insurance is a hedge to replace projected income really. All knowable, ones health cannot be quantified or reasonably projected.

I think a lot of the tension around this law in our circles is that some folks believe that a good system can be built on irrational foundations while others will not participate in the illusion.