I am a life long republican. I am married with two young children. I work full time, my husband works full time, in addition to our jobs we also have a small farm. My husband receives health insurance through is employer. I work for a small business and do not receive health insurance as a benefit. Our family could be covered under my husbands plan for $700 a month. I choose not to pay $700 a month, because we really can’t afford it. Therefore, we have one child under my husbands plan, and myself and the other child under an individual plan we have purchased through PreferredOne several years ago. We pay $227 a month for this plan which doesn’t sound bad, but we have a $14,000 deductible.(no that isn’t a typo). Since Obamacare has started the changes have only been to my benefit. My birth control is now covered by my insurance, and I get a check once a year because what a pay in premiums doesn’t come close to what we use. Wouldn’t it be something if everyone got coverage like the state of MN employees do, but then again it is my money they are using to fund it. If the Michelle Bachmanns of the world don’t get a clue the Republican Party is going to loose a lot of young voters. My husband and I are both college graduates, hard working, not people that are looking for a handout, just something affordable and fair.
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