When they came to my office, Stephanie told me right up front, I dont want any part of Obamacare, recalls health-insurance agent Barry Cohen. These were clearly people who dont like the President. So I kind of let that slide and just asked them for basic information and told them we would go on the Ohio exchange which is actually the Ohio section of the federal Obamacare exchange and show them whats available.
What Stephanie soon discovered, she told me in mid-November, was a godsend. The business that she and her husband had launched
had recently received investor interest after being featured on an episode of the television series CSI. So she estimated to Cohen that their income would be about $90,000 in 2014. But even at that level, her family of four would qualify for a subsidy under Obamacare.
The Recchi family zeroed in on a plan with a $793 monthly premium, which would ultimately cost $566 a month thanks to the ACA subsidy. That was based on $90,000 income if the family made $40,000, as it had last year, the premium would have cost them $17 a month.
All of a sudden, Stephanie Recchi, whod previously seen television ads and some politicians talking on the news, saw the benefits of health care reform up close. This is wonderful, she said.
