June 28, 2012
A View From the Front Lines of the Underinsured
Today’s Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act is great news for all Americans. But I’d like to share a few personal stories from people who I met when I served as Superintendent of Insurance in Maine—the sorts of people who will especially benefit from Obamacare. —Betty had planned for her retirement and thought she had enough savings to stay privately insured until Medicare. But double-digit premium increases exhausted her savings.