Reply #18: Can we start with the bullshit about 36K being "150% of federal poverty level"?

[RaleighNCDUer]

I'm single, and can barely live on 34K. If I was the head of a family of 4, making 1 1/2 x the 'poverty level' at 36K, I could afford $6,100 liability no better than I could afford the 24K liability. I can't afford it now, as a single.

WTF good is 'more affordable' it it is still UNaffordable?

ON EDIT: There is a world of difference between having insurance and being able to USE that insurance.
Even if you are mandated to give your money to private insurers, you may not be able to see a doctor because of being unable to afford the co-pays. Why can't you afford the co-pays? Because you've already given your money to the insurance company.