ACA vs something new..

What is affordable about the current ACA? What is affordable when it now costs me $1400+ per month to have insurance for my family? That's $16,800+ in premiums a year before I even start on my deductible. It seems most talking points are about taking away health care. ACA is not health care it's insurance and prior to ACA people were still able to get health care. One size does not fit all and we need to make another change.

Oh the pre-existing conditions are now covered. In the past if you had insurance prior to the condition you were covered. My daughter was born with a heart condition (turned out to be minor and not major but similar to what Jimmy Kimmel's son was born with). Since we had insurance prior to birth she was covered. No surgery required but she needs an EKG and other tests yearly. This costs us about $2,000 and we gladly pay it and if she eventually needs a "procedure" (as they call it; I call it surgery) we will cover what insurance doesn't. We have to pay the costs for the EKG out of our pocket because the deductible is soooo high now. I long for the days of paying $6,000 in premium and having a $1,000 deductible. You know back before it was "Affordable".

At the end of the day this is insurance and not health care.

While the guys in charge (Dems) 7 years ago rammed this down our throats; the new guys in charge (Repb) are no better. The republicans bitched and moaned about the ACA since it was passed and now 7 years latter they don't have an agreed upon solution.

We need affordable insurance and new representatives in the Congress and Senate that actually listen to and care about their constituents.