Roy Blunt: “Sonya and Jake, her husband, are from Troy, MO. She contacted us to tell me that when her husband quit his job a few…”

“Sonya and Jake, her husband, are from Troy, MO. She contacted us to tell me that when her husband quit his job a few years ago to start his own business they, of course, when that happened, lost their employer coverage, but they were able to check on health care coverage for the self-employed. They found what they thought was a really doable policy for them. They are young and they are healthy. They have six kids, but they are all pretty healthy. They were paying $400 a month, with a $5,000 deductible and 100-percent coverage after the $5,000. Their preventive care was already covered. But, of course, their policy just got canceled because it did not meet the ObamaCare guidelines. Their insurance company tells them that to get the same kind of coverage with the new guidelines, they are going to pay 125 percent more than they have been paying. Their insurance more than doubled. Their plan may not have been good enough for the new guidelines, but it was good enough for them. When the government begins to tell people what they have to have, it almost always costs people more. Also, we are seeing the high-risk pool in our State and every State go away. I am having all kinds of people saying their insurance is going to cost more, their deductible is higher, and many times the doctor who has been part of their health care challenge right up until now is no longer available to them.…”