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What about the people who work for employers with less than 50 employees who do not voluntarily offer health insurance?
Let's be honest here, the vast, vast majority of employers with more than 50 employees do offer insurance. But with less than 50 employees, small business often do not offer such a benefit.
My sister works for an insurance agent. Auto, home, that kind of thing. Less than 50 employees in two offices. The agent does not offer health insurance.
So my sister, who incidentally has had some health issues, is signed up for coverage through the ACA. I believe its in the $500 a month region for the gold plan, but she is planning next go 'round to sign up for silver so as to knock it down to about $300 a month.
This is Florida, one of the states run by a GOP governor who rejected a state exchange just to be obstinate. There was absolutely no reason not to offer an exchange. It makes perfect sense to do so. But no, that would be in some way capitulating.
So if the program is undone, my sister will not be able to buy insurance basically through any mechanism. There are literally millions of people like her. Hard working, professional. But uninsurable except through a mechanism like the ACA.
Find another job or pay out of pocket. What's so hard about that? Your problems shouldn't create problems for me.