344) Obama gave people “rate shock”
Many news sources, including the Washington Post, the Christian Science Monitor, Investor’s Business Daily, CBS News, Forbes, CNN, the San Jose Mercury News, and the San Francisco Chronicle, reported on something called Obamacare “rate shock.”
For example, Tom Waschura, a self employed engineer who lived in Portola Valley, California, said that he supported Obamacare, and that he voted for Obama in both elections. However, on October 5, 2013, Waschura said: “I was laughing at Boehner — until the mail came today. I really don’t like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family’s pocket each year, that’s otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy.”
This next quote came from Cindy Vinson, a retired teacher from San Jose, California, who also said that she supported Obamacare, and that she voted for Obama in both elections. This is what she said in October 2013, after she found out that Obamacare would be causing her insurance premium to increase: “Of course, I want people to have health care. I just didn’t realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally.”
CNN reported: "One North Carolina reader was upset to learn her current $267 a month plan was being canceled and the cheapest option on the exchange would cost her family $750 a month. They don’t qualify for a subsidy. “Obamacare is a nightmare for my family,” she wrote.