With their Affordable Care Act insurance premium costs set to rise from the current rate of $600 a month to $3,000 starting next year, Elizabeth Aranow and her husband aren’t sure what to do.
“We haven’t purchased a plan yet, because I’m reeling from sticker shock,” Aranow said. The Lander residents could buy a cheaper marketplace plan, but at $1,800 a month, the least expensive plan available still more than doubles their costs while offering less coverage. The situation has spurred them to consider major life changes, like applying for new jobs with benefits or going without insurance.
But “to me, not having insurance is not an option,” she said. Aranow has experienced injuries that required surgeries in recent years.
Health policy changes, a shifting market and expiring tax credits mean the roughly 45,000 Wyomingites who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are experiencing the highest price jumps in the nation.
In Wyoming, a 60-year-old person earning roughly $63,000 is facing a 421% increase in average monthly premium costs on the ACA marketplace, according to reporting by KFF, a nonprofit that writes about health care. No other state equals or tops that percentage. The same individual would face increases of 231%, 166%, 192% and 134% if he or she lived in Montana, Colorado, Utah and Idaho, respectively.
“It’s pretty terrifying,” Eranow said.
Not all patients are experiencing such dramatic rises; costs depend on factors like age and annual income. But health care advocates worry that sticker shock will cause consumers to either find private plans with cheap price tags but lousy coverage or abandon insurance altogether.
“I think that we’re going to see a lot of people just not buy insurance and take the gamble that if something happens, they’ll be able to figure out how to pay it off through the hospital,” said Jenn Lowe, executive director of Healthy Wyoming, which advocates for affordable health care.
The consequences, Lowe thinks, will be more medical debt, more uncompensated care in hospitals, increasing insurance costs for everyone, rising health issues due to patients avoiding preventative care and higher stress — which also leads to worse health outcomes.
“All of this should be very concerning to health care consumers in the state,” she said. “Now that the expiring tax credits are coming and people are seeing in real time what the increase in costs are going to be, I think a little bit of reality is hitting that we have some of the most expensive [health] insurance in the nation.”
The how and why
The Affordable Care Act marketplace, created in 2010, is available to people who don’t qualify for Medicaid and don’t have insurance through an employer.
In 2020, Congress created the Enhanced Premium Tax Credit during the COVID-19 pandemic to make marketplace insurance more affordable. That program provided subsidies that drastically reduced premium costs. For some low-income customers, monthly premiums went to $0.
The program helped contribute to an all-time low in America’s uninsured rate, health advocates say. But they were not cheap — and fiscal conservatives argued they were unsustainable. Congress extended the credits in 2022, but did not extend them again this year. A deadlock over the tax credits played a significant role in the recent government shutdown.
Expansion would have a $212 billion deficit impact on government spending over 10 years, according to a 2020 estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.
Ultimately, Congress struck a deal that did not include an extension. With the enrollment period opening Nov. 1, patients have only recently been able to log in to the system to see what their new plan options are. Open enrollment is the annual window when individuals and families can sign up for ACA health insurance, adjust plans or cancel coverage.
Insurance companies increased baseline plan costs this year. With the subsidy changes factored in, some became exponentially pricier. In addition, Mountain Health Co-op stopped offering health plans in Wyoming. That means the state is down to just two providers.
Lowe’s organization has been holding forums around the state this fall to help educate patients about the changes. The most recent one, held last week in Casper, had the biggest attendance so far. She attributed that to people actually seeing what their increases will be.
“I heard from people who are having to make decisions about paying for rent, paying for food and being able to pay for their insurance,” Lowe said. “It’s definitely kind of scary times.”
Navigating
The Lander Free Medical Clinic has also been hearing from patients it formerly helped set up with ACA plans. Audrey Zanetti, a medical assistant who supervises the clinic, brought up one who was on a $0 premium plan.
“It was going to auto-renew to a similar plan,” Zanetti said. Except that the new premium would have climbed from $0 to $650. That equates to about 40% of the person’s monthly income — and it doesn’t include co-pay and deductible costs.
“And so if that individual hadn’t come in, they would have been locked into that plan, it would have autorenewed,” she said. “They would have seen the bill come January or February, and would have said, ‘I can’t afford that.’ They would have cancelled the plan, and then not been eligible [to re-enroll] because they’re outside of open enrollment.”
Health insurance is complicated, and the auto-renewal caveat is not a detail everyone is aware of.
In the past, health “navigators” — trained professionals who guide customers through the open enrollment process — have been available largely thanks to federal funds. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services slashed that funding by 90% this year.
As a result, Enroll Wyoming, which offered free help to those seeking insurance, cut its staff from 10 people to just one full-time and one part-time employee.
To make up for some of the loss, the program has established a statewide network of organizations with health counselor training.
“We wanted to set up a system where people could still get help,” said Enroll Wyoming Navigator Katelyn Befus. “We brought in the organizations and partners that we’ve been working with for years, and leaned on them a little bit to become certified.”
The Lander Free Medical Clinic is one of those places; VISTA Volunteer Stephanie Kohm recently completed the training. It is also holding free community sessions.
As Enroll Wyoming’s only full-time navigator, Befus is “extremely” busy, she said. “I’m literally completely booked for appointments all the way through the first half of enrollment. So that would be all the way through Dec. 15.”
Befus has heard some frustrations from customers about prices going up. She’s done a lot of explaining about how the tax credits were designed to sunset, she said, and people are generally understanding.
However, Befus said, households that earn over 400% of the federal poverty level — $62,600 for a one-person household — are getting hit hard.
“They’re looking at extremely high premiums,” she said, like in the neighborhood of $5,000 a month for a four-person household.
“So we’ve been having to recommend outside insurance to people over that 400% because for a lot of them, they just can’t afford that much money,” Befus said.
Guidance and deadlines
The deadline to enroll in an ACA marketplace plan starting Jan. 1 is Dec. 15. If customers enroll between Dec. 15 and the closing date of Jan. 15, coverage will start Feb. 1.
Experts urge people to be deliberate.
“I really encourage people to go to the [Healthcare.gov] website and use the ‘browse plans and prices’ tool to see what their expected tax credit and premium is before they jump in,” Befus said.
Those who do not want to continue ACA policies need to be careful they don’t auto-renew, she added. And for people exploring private insurance, she recommends calling insurance companies directly and fully understanding plan provisions before purchasing.
Befus stressed caution in shopping online. “There are a ton of fake and scammer websites out there,” Befus said.
A different solution?
Another thing people can do, Lowe said, is “Call your federal delegates and let them know that this is impacting you personally.”
In the tax credit stalemate this fall, Republicans were generally against extension while Democrats were in favor. Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, a retired physician, told NBC’s Meet the Press that Obamacare is a failed measure and Republicans want to replace it with something that works to actually lower costs.
“I’ve always wanted people to get the care they need, from a doctor that they choose, at a price they can afford — and Obamacare basically destroyed that possibility,” Barrasso said. “We cannot just continue to subsidize a failing plan, which is causing more and more costs and hardship around the country.”
It’s easy to criticize Obamacare, Lowe said. What’s harder is coming up with a better solution.
“Republicans committed to talking about health care insurance once the government reopened,” she said. “Well, guess what? The government is reopened. Let’s talk about health care insurance. You guys don’t want the marketplace. How are you going to be able to provide health care insurance to the people of Wyoming?”
Health insurance, Lowe said, creates longer and healthier lives. “It’s a policy solution that we know works.”
Now is the time to hold delegates accountable, Lowe said. “And say: ‘if not this, then what?’”
ACA was supposed to let us cross state lines for insurance so we could find affordable care and choose our own Dr. ans pharmacy. Absolute lies by Obama and Pelosi. ACA needs to be dismantled, don’t care which party does it. It is a joke.
Was the Affordable Care Act a perfect solution, of course not, but it was a starting point (which we have been waiting for Republicans to produce for decades). Had all the members of Congress done their jobs and put the people most in need of assistance first rather than prioritizing making the top 1% wealthier we would have a decent healthcare system. The tax breaks afforded to big business and the rich would cover the cost of healthcare reform. As to reform, the cost of healthcare is influenced by three things, insurance companies, provider fees and to a lesser degree malpractice suits. If all three are not addressed together the system will never be fixed.
Thanks to the Mike Johnson government shut down.
“ObamaCare” was a conservative Heritage Foundation creation, then implemented by Mitt Romney in Massachusetts. Obama should have been a Republican, because he certainly didn’t have liberal Democratic values.
The Republican Party is not looking for solutions, they are looking for power to change this country into an authoritarian theocracy. They want the poor to die. They want petty criminals to be incarcerated so they can be used for forced labor. They want to further take away civil rights. They want to further legalize financial white-collar crime. They want the working class to work for peanuts to generate more wealth for the billionaires.
I’ll never understand how so many people lost (or never had) their ability to think critically.
Your middle paragraph, I believe, captures exactly what is transpiring.
I think you’re right in your statement. Mr. Nixon’s third paragraph rings true as well.
Notice the ages of the lemmings that support getting rid of the aca. Angry boomers that absorb too much fox news.
I agree.
I think people, me and many of my familial and social circle, as well, have scratched our heads over this for decades.
The possibility of the sinister rationale of those in power gathers momentum as an avalanche. When Mangione did his thing, there was no head scratching about changing best practices, but a beefing up of security measures.
Chuck, the ACA was written by the insurance companies, big pharma and the rest of the Medical Industrial Complex. It was given to the Democrats to pass while pretending it was for the good of the people. It has been anything but.
You believe that professional wrestling is real, Chuck. You buy into their act.
That is a little unfair. Obama wanted single payer but couldn’t get it passed (thanks Joe Lieberman). The ACA was the best he could get at the time.
The party of unnecessary cruelty, that’s what the Republican Party is. No wonder they support Trump.
You reap what you sow. Wyoming voted these clowns and their enablers and apologists into office.
Exactly. The axis of Wyoming evil — Barrasso, Lummis and Hageman.
Thank you for this helpful article. I used to work for State of WY, Dept of Workforce Services. We primarily helped job seekers and businesses with employment-related services. However, we occasionally relied on knowledgeable professionals at Enroll WY to assist clients who needed help navigating the complicated health insurance system. I’m sorry to learn their services have been diminished to one F/T person. I will share this helpful article, and I will contact our senators. If our senators don’t like ACA, then they need to create a better plan! And they should support the ACA subsidies while they develop a new plan. It’s just common sense.
Insurance is the problem. People should pay directly for their own healthcare. That would force the medical industry to bring prices down to what people can actually afford. The ACA has destroyed the insurance market and the healthcare market. Congress should continue the subsidies, but immediately work to unwind the mess. Obamacare has made.
Happy you voted for Trump, guys? Maybe it’s time to rethink your politics. In addition to the unaffordable expense for most the entire Wyoming Health Care enterprise is in danger of collapse.
Well, 20 years ago or so everyone was warned, mandatory health insurance would drive the price up. It did, for everyone and to hide it, it got subsidized by the dems, and even more during Covid. Now the chickens have come home to roost. If you look at a city of any size, health care is a leading industry. In some places it’s nearly the only industry of consequence. That type of growth tells an observer one thing, there is money to be made. Between pharmaceuticals and care, there is no way costs are going down. Insurance is nothing more than legal extortion and is joined at the hip with Healthcare. Nothing is free in this world, anywhere. Somebody somewhere pays for it, either with money or labor, or both. Free always sounds good though. Good Ole Nancey said it at the time, “only a fool would vote for this”.
Sorry, mandatory health insurance does not drive the price up, notice the rest of the developed world-cheaper and better healthcare. Yes, nothing is free.
Lol, yes it does. The ACA drove everyone’s premiums up.
LOL no it doesn’t. CAPITALISM drove the costs up.
It was affordable because the ACA included subsidies and tax credits based on several factors. The government shutdown happened over this issue. Democrats wanted to keep the subsidies to ensure the plans remained affordable; Republicans did not. Yes, Democrats triggered the shutdown, but they did it for a good reason. Eventually, Democrats backed down—and now the consequences are showing up in people’s mailboxes. How can Dr Barrasso not speak out strongly against this?
I get the comment that the Democrats have paid me off with my own money to be on the ACA. I can honestly say that is not what the ACA is all about. And it was passed by Democrats only. Now Republican Maga politicians will do a way with it. If you’re an independent contractor and you are not on the ACA, I don’t know what kind of insurance you must have if any. When the ACA was passed, it was supposed to be a stepping stone a starting point for Congress to work on and improve on however that has not happened. And you can throw jabs like just pass it before you read it that Nancy Pelosi said. Or we could have Trump‘s solution which he is going to have way way better health insurance way cheaper. So go ahead and sign up for Trump‘s I guess. His health insurance is way way cheaper and way better and I haven’t even seen the bill to be able to read it Has anybody.
It’s not the Affordable Care Act “Obama Care” that is the problem. It’s the greedy price gouging by medical care providers and pharmaceutical companies. Inflation is just another word for “Greed”, let’s be honest about it. The USA has the highest healthcare costs in the world. On average, healthcare costs amounted to $12, 318 per person in 2021. Germany had the second highest healthcare costs, at $7,383, 40 percent lower. Sweden was third highest, $6,262 and Canada was forth highest $5,905 (Statista, source). The Federal Reserve needs to drop their CPI inflation rate goal from 2 percent to “0” percent, Americans have had enough of the gouging. Companies that take advantage of our less advantaged citizens are disgraceful! Certainly our congressional representatives can find providers that will provide reasonable priced medical care coverage. Are they even attempting to do this? I’d say not.
I’m grateful the folks in my community are truly generous – we give to GoFundMe accounts to pay for other people’s medical expenses, drop money in glass jars at retail checkouts so someone we don’t know can buy medicine and help our neighbors and friends as much as we can. But that’s not practical for the long run.
I’ve lost hope with those promising health insurance “concepts of a plan,” dingbat opinions, screwball theories, wacko notions and fairy tales, but no concrete master plan to address the provision of medical care. Since this administration has added medical debt as a factor to be considered in your individual credit report, (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/your-money/medical-debt-credit-reports.html) an unanticipated illness or accident which creates astronomical medical bills can tip you into bad credit land. Try buying a vehicle when your debt is so high that your loan interest rate is 20% or more.
Make all the snooty comments about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) you want, but since it was implemented in 2013, the number of uninsured Americans fell from 14% to 7%, allowing just under 40 million children, seniors, veterans, etc to obtain medical care and not have to declare bankruptcy. We’re about to see that trend reversed as the ACA is slated to flame out. And when it does, thank the Wyoming members of Congress who vote NO on affordable medical insurance.
Senator Barrasso has made the same comment since he was running for the Senate in 2002 – I remember listening in on a town hall call and he criticized the Affordable Care Act then as well. It’s easy to criticize but, 20+ years later, no solutions have been offered. Medical insurance should not be for-profit. End of story. Call our Senators and lone representative.
Do I understand correctly? The government was underwriting 75-80% of a single persons insurance bill? How is this sustainable? Folks you have to lower COSTS. Start with tort reform. Eliminate mandates. Cut regulation. Obama did the opposite, increased mandates and hid the cost, increased regulation.
Our govt is running a 1.2 trillion dollar deficit. 4000$ for each man woman and child deeper in debt every year. Prob 10k+ per taxpayer. Those advocating for continued subsidies… You are charging these subsidies to your children. There is no free ride. Everyone will pay one way or another.
INFLATION, in conjunction with broken Healthcare system and greed driven Medical industrial complex ensures that prices will continue to rise.
Get used to it.
“We have to pass the bill, to know what’s in it.”
Nancy Pelosi on the “affordable” care act
“Get used to it”????
Rather than “getting used to it” wouldn’t it be smarter for everyone living in Wyoming to elect some representation (forget about party labels) that will actually try to do something about this healthcare mess rather than just criticize the opposite party without having anything positive to contribute?
Pelosi\Obama gave us the ACA, that has enriched the Medical Industrial Complex at the expense of middle class Americans.
Americans aren’t going to vote their way out of a 38 Trillion dollar debt. Inflation will continue to climb to cover up the collapse of the ponzi scheme economy Democrats AND Republican politicians have created for the Big Banks to profit from.
So yes, get used to it until it breaks completely.
Like I said Chad, we need to elect some decent, responsible people to tackle this problem. I’ll be damned if I’ll just give up like you apparently have and “just get used to it”. I certainly understand your cynical response considering the direction that this country is headed but I, for one, refuses to give in without a fight.
I have a new health care plan-an empty book. Donald, the orange menace, trump.
Lets not forget that, especially during his first term, Trump had done everything he could to undermine the success of the ACA so he could have an “I told you so” moment. The GOP and Trump are so petty they would rather see Americans suffer and die if it means the ACA fails. Pathetic.
If, (and that is a big if) there is an upside to the current administration trashing the Affordable Healthcare Act, perhaps voters will wake up and realize elections have consequences. Mindlessly voting for far right candidates is why the nation is under the thumb of a harsh vindictive egoist that has no clue how to lead the government. Trump seemingly has personal goals such as prosecution oh his perceived enemies, being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, proving he is smarter than everyone else about tarrifs, and catering to Putin. Do his supporters see through him? I think not.
For giggles; I looked into Obamacare when it came out, and I found it to be a joke. The closest Obamacare plan to the one I had at the time was more than twice as expensive, covered less, and wouldn’t let me keep my doctor. The cheapest plans aimed at young people were a waste of their money as it covered next to nothing; but cost them anyway in the form of premiums and high copays.
I call Obamacare, Owe-scam-a-care for good reasons.
So, all our MAGA and FC voters will experience medical bankruptcy and deaths in exchange for their political support.
Way to stick it to Obama, folks!
You are absolutely right. Republicans have been trying to destroy the ACA since it was enacted just because it is Obama’s signature achievement.
Nothing to worry about here. Back in 2017, I wrote to Barrasso urging him not to vote for eliminating the Affordable Care Act – to no effect. He wrote back assuring me he and other Republicans were working on a better, less expensive plan to replace the ACA. Surely we’ll see that soon, eh?
Writers here have criticized the cost of extending the premium subsidies for ACA plans, but those costs are much less than the extension of the tax breaks for the already wealthy. Somehow extending those tax breaks were a priority for Barrasso, Lummis and Hageman in their staunch support for Trump’s despicable One Big Beautiful Bill. Go figure.
Average in-state tuition for a public medical school in the USofA is around $34,500 per year vs $36,000 per year in premiums ( +who knows what in deductibles) for medical insurance… It is now officially cheaper to ‘become’ a doctor in this country than it is to ‘visit’ one…
It would seem our Wyoming Senators are very comfortable with out of control spending on any number of Beloved Leader’s plans and schemes but to assure medically necessary care without bankruptcy for their constituency is out of the question. The inevitable rise in cost of uninsured care could be a death sentence for many of our critical access hospitals not only in Wyoming but across the nation. Not a hint of a better health care plan in sight from the present administration. The blame for the spiraling costs of subsidies for the ACA lies not with the plan but to the unchecked greed of insurance companies. Our physician Senator is ready, willing, and able to cause untold harm to a great number of those he took an oath not to harm.
There’s always a silver lining. While the news about such startling increase$ in medical in$urance co$t on the front end and further impediments when actually getting needed health care , the overall healthcare industry here in forsake Wyoming will see a big percentage jump in jobs and employment.
We’ll need more gravediggers and headstone carvers.
Seriou$ly, $enator Barra$$o and former MD… how can you possibly keep a stright face when you criticize or condemn Obama ACA care without offering any sort pof viable alternative ? After all, your party has tried 75 times to repeal some or all of the ACA since 2010 , and cynically promised every step of the way the GOP would have a replacement plan. Fifteen years of false promises and you haven’t budged. Still the obfuscator and obstructionist who is dedicated to shovelling money to the corporate healthcare cabal. Uninsured or underinsured people are just collateral damage to you. You campaign donor lists and the lobbyists paint a more accurate picture than your words.
Which is why I say that the richest nation on Earth does not have a healthcare system … it’s all just WEALTHcare around here. For Profit Medicine is America’s national disgrace. Even Third World countries take better medical care of its citizens from cradle to grave.
I distinctly remember when Barrasso, “Wyoming’s Dr”, was in the senate during the ACA debate. He said that poor people didn’t look after themselves and shouldn’t get health coverage because “They’ just be using it “. (paraphrased}. He is cavalier about his oaths – hippocratic and constitutional (absolutely silent when the capitol was stormed on Jan. 6}. He is untrustworthy as both a physician and as a politician. Without integrity, he works for his own self enrichment, status, power and for his moneyed benefactors. Sure, let’s see him and the GOP come up with a better plan, like they’ve been telling us for years without showing us. Ha Ha. Humans are sooooo gullible, especially in red states like WY!
Yes there are other members of congress who have taken the Hippocratic oath and none of them have acknowledged that some actions cause harm. Like removing insurance plans with no hope of replacing the ACA for eons. Even Trump is starting to have second thoughts about this one
If John Barrasso has a better solution to the ACA and the health care needs of this country let’s hear it. All that I’m hearing from him is the same repetition of MAGA talking points but no real alternative resolutions to the problem while people in this country are really struggling thanks to Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
Time to step up to the plate John or seriously consider retirement because the republican party has enough people saying the same thing as you. What they need is someone who can creatively lead with some compassion and understanding of what real Americans are going through as a result of the Trump administrations policies and not more of the same rhetoric.
Barasso stated that the Obamacare was a failure. So what are folks supposed to do? We sure have not seen a plan to replace it. So what is that plan? Our legislators are “do nothing, don’t rock the trump boat, lazy, good for nothings”. They are increasing their already full coffers so they don’t have any concern about the minimum wage workers in WY who have no benefit packages that provide for health insurance and retirement savings. Everyone who works full time should have those things as well as a living wage. Why is that so unreasonable?
I’m a retired self-employed contractor who before Obamacare came along bought catastrophic health insurance the deductible was $13,500 each for me and the wife. Annually the monthly premium was in the $500 range. The insurance companies would not pay a penny on a Doctor bill until the deductible was paid first. Of course we never met the deductible so you pay the doctor and you pay the insurance company. The ACA came along we got on it right away. The premium stayed around the same for the two of us. The deductible was way lower. I was being subsidized. I didn’t realize it at the time when I signed up. For Senator Barrasso to state it was harmful insurance. I can tell you it was the best insurance we have ever had until now Medicare. Marjorie Taylor Green stated the Republicans have no plan for healthcare except it’ll go back the way it was before and it will be catastrophic healthcare that’s what you will end up with,With a very high deductible
YOUR taxes and DEBT in your name paid for YOUR subsidies. It’s all on you. The democrat party paid you off with your own money….. You clearly valued the cash more then full price insurance.. They used your money to lower the cost, until it was worth it to you. Why should I, also a contractor, still working, write you a check?
Thanks Republicans. Good thing you are at least looking out for your billionaire friends.
How can I forward this article to our congressional delegation? They need this pounded into their heads as often as possible. It is time to stop talking about how Obamacare is a failure and start doing something concrete to replace it
Yes, my cost per month, if I stay with the same exact plan, are going up 347%, so I have sat for the last 2-3 weeks trying to decide what I can change and cut in my life to afford insurance. I’m 57, I work for myself. I want to make snide remarks about this, but it is what we (well not I) have chosen. as for a solution, that I don’t know, I do know that anything that is a solution will cause of pain/anguish/hurt, and most people generally don’t like that. I’m considering not having insurance, looking back at my medical and prescription (those have already gone up in cost, even on my current plan this year) history, but do I risk it? I feel we (I) should not have to. Thanks for listening.
If we had Medicare For All, your premiums would be about $400/month.
But that would be socialism.
Like all other First World countries provide their citizens.
Obama care was the best thing for me Barrasso needs to give me an example to back up that comment. I can choose my doctor and the ins is affordable.
Our three super goofball, grifting congressional members are losers. They don’t represent you, they represent the orange narcissist in the oval office-if it still exits. Meanwhile, they won’t be hurt at all.
Why do you still keep voting the three stooges into office? I figured it out. The small percentage of voters who are knowledgable and understand the consequences of keeping them in office are far outnumbered by those who drank the koolaid and blindly listen to the orange faced clown.
I’ve never voted for the clowns
Voting has consequences. The GOP hates the ACA… mostly because it came from Obama, and the result is that thousands will pay a lot more for healthcare because of the policies of the Trump Administration and the votes of the WYO Congressional delegation.
True story. I had a meeting with Senator Barrasso in 2013 or 14 (3 or 4 years after the passage of the ACA) at his office in DC. I was there in my capacity as a Wyoming based representative of a major non-profit to discuss an issue unrelated to the ACA. As soon as I we sat down to talk he launched into an attack on President Obama and the ACA. I felt trapped. I did not have the freedom to tell him that I supported the ACA because that wasn’t why I was there. I even felt compelled to remain silent when he was spewing false, ugly and incendiary GOP talking points about the ACA and Obama. I just had to listen to this rant until I was finally able to change the subject. I always suspected that he knew my political views and was just sticking it to me. I walked away from that meeting with such a sour taste in my mouth for Senator Barrasso.
My point in telling this story is to let at least a few people know that if they think Barrasso (and Lummis and Hageman) wants to make your Healthcare costs more affordable you are backing the wrong horse.
Votes has consequences.
Yes Mr. Heimer, Barrasso lies just like Trump. I used to get messages -and begging for money- from Barrasso on a regular basis. These messages were filled with outright lies. All three of our disrespectful congressional members are dishonest.
I met with Enzi and Lummis on the same trip. At least they were polite and professional. Lummis even made special accommodations to meet with me since the House was voting when we were supposed to meet. Oh well.