"The cheapest insurance plan they can find through the new federal
marketplace in New Hampshire will cost their family of four about $1,000
a month, 12 percent of their annual income of around $100,000 and more
than they have ever paid before.
Even more striking, for the
Chapmans, is this fact: If they made just a few thousand dollars less a
year — below $94,200 — their costs would be cut in half, because a
family like theirs could qualify for federal subsidies."
....An
analysis by The New York Times shows the cost of premiums for people
who just miss qualifying for subsidies varies widely across the country
and rises rapidly for people in their 50s and 60s. In some places,
prices can quickly approach 20 percent of a person’s income.
Experts consider health insurance unaffordable once it exceeds 10 percent of annual income."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/21/business/new-health-law-frustrates-many-in-middle-class.html?_r=0
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