Sue Klinkhamer spent two years defending and fighting for Obamacare while working for Congressman Bill Foster (D-Ill.). But now that sheâs seen the effect of President Barack Obamaâs health care overhaul on her health insurance rates, Klinkhamer is boldly admitting that she was âvery wrong.â
In a recent email sent to her former boss, Rep. Foster, and other Democratic colleagues, she reportedly wrote [emphasis added]:
âI spent two years defending Obamacare. I had constituents scream at me, spit at me and call me names that I canât put in print. The congressman was not re-elected in 2010 mainly because of the anti-Obamacare anger. When the congressman was not re-elected, I also (along with the rest of our staff) lost my job. I was upset that because of the health care issue, I didnât have a job anymore but still defended Obamacare because it would make health care available to everyone at, what I assumed, would be an affordable price. I have now learned that I was wrong. Very wrong.â
So why the sudden change of heart?
She learned that President Obamaâs promise, âif you like your health plan, you can keep it,â was not true for everyone.
When Foster lost his reelection bid, Klinkhamer was out of a job and in need of individual insurance. Three years ago, she reportedly paid $225 a month with a $2,500 deductible. Her rates steadily increased and she was paying $291 a month with a $3,500 deductible as of Sept. 1, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Then she got âthe letterâ that people across the country are currently receiving in the mail.
âBlue Cross stated my current coverage would expire on Dec. 31, and here are my options: I can have a plan with similar benefits for $647.12 [or] I can have a plan with similar [but higher] pricing for $322.32 but with a $6,500 deductible,â Klinkhamer wrote.
âBlue Cross also tells me that if I donât pick one of the options, they will just assume I want the one for $647. ⦠Someone please tell me why my premium in January will be $356 more than in December?â she added.
Klinkhamer says she is still a Democrat and believes in âhealth care for all,â but argued âthis is not affordable to me.â
âJust call it, the Available Care Act,â she quipped.
(H/T: Weasel Zippers)
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In a recent email sent to her former boss, Rep. Foster, and other Democratic colleagues, she reportedly wrote [emphasis added]:
âI spent two years defending Obamacare. I had constituents scream at me, spit at me and call me names that I canât put in print. The congressman was not re-elected in 2010 mainly because of the anti-Obamacare anger. When the congressman was not re-elected, I also (along with the rest of our staff) lost my job. I was upset that because of the health care issue, I didnât have a job anymore but still defended Obamacare because it would make health care available to everyone at, what I assumed, would be an affordable price. I have now learned that I was wrong. Very wrong.â
So why the sudden change of heart?
She learned that President Obamaâs promise, âif you like your health plan, you can keep it,â was not true for everyone.
When Foster lost his reelection bid, Klinkhamer was out of a job and in need of individual insurance. Three years ago, she reportedly paid $225 a month with a $2,500 deductible. Her rates steadily increased and she was paying $291 a month with a $3,500 deductible as of Sept. 1, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
Then she got âthe letterâ that people across the country are currently receiving in the mail.
âBlue Cross stated my current coverage would expire on Dec. 31, and here are my options: I can have a plan with similar benefits for $647.12 [or] I can have a plan with similar [but higher] pricing for $322.32 but with a $6,500 deductible,â Klinkhamer wrote.
âBlue Cross also tells me that if I donât pick one of the options, they will just assume I want the one for $647. ⦠Someone please tell me why my premium in January will be $356 more than in December?â she added.
Klinkhamer says she is still a Democrat and believes in âhealth care for all,â but argued âthis is not affordable to me.â
âJust call it, the Available Care Act,â she quipped.
(H/T: Weasel Zippers)
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