For as long as I’ve been employed I’ve had healthcare coverage. However, I worked for a company that doesn’t provide those benefits, I was on my own to purchase. First of all, it shouldn’t be called Healthcare, it’s really more like catastrophic sick care. The only reason you need it is if you wind up in the hospital, so that you don’t ruin your life financially.

Why punish people who make more money? I get the same coverage as my neighbor, but I’m paying twice as much because I make more money. That makes no sense. It’s like paying twice as much for gasoline and groceries just because I bring home more green. Sure, I could shop at Whole Foods or Earth Fare, but I shop at Aldi and Walmart because Blue Cross and Blue Shield are bleeding you dry. I guess this is what we call paying our fair share?

Tax reform doesn’t seem to matter. Whatever minimal break I get on the taxes won’t begin to cover the heaping piles of cash my healthcare provider is raking in. I’ll get the same (or worse) coverage for an exponential rate increase.