Health care costs will literally kill the middle class

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I lost my FT job in April and have been working PT since then, but without benefits. Since then, it has been costing $530 per month to maintain COBRA for just myself.

I get a letter today (Gee, thanks for the advance notice, assholes.) notifying me that effective Jan. 1, it will cost $741 per month to maintain my single coverage. That's an increase of $184 per month. :wow:

At that amount, health care for just myself falls close to the range of my monthly mortgage payment.

With chronic, pre-extisting health conditions that require maintenance meds and lands me in the doctor's office about once every two months, going without is not an option.

I know I'm not alone. I work, earn a respectable living and am well out of poverty. However, this situation sure threatens to put me there quite quickly. And, I know I'm not alone.

THIS is the issue that the Dems must address if they want to win office in O6 and 08. With this issue having ruined and threatening to ruin so many lives, I think people are ready for some sensible solutions. It's no longer somebody else's problems. It's now hitting them in their pocketbooks and I think they will listen.

So, what are some concrete proposals that we can put out there that will help fix the situation?