The Wire: The Perfect Obamacare Horror Story Remains Elusive

[Algernon Moncrieff]

And apparently Nebraska isn't too great either — mother of two Andrea Kodad appeared in an ad for Republican Rep. Lee Terry and said her premium would rise about $300 because of Obamacare. As it turns out, the administration's Keep Your Plan fix applied to her. A Terry spokesperson told the Post that that was her reality at the time, and “Obamacare is creating that kind of uncertainty." Uncertainty is another big concern detractors of the law have pointed to. For instance, Julie Boonstra, a Michigan woman with cancer, appeared in Americans for Prosperity ads in March arguing that her new out of pocket costs were "unaffordable" because they were less predictable. Of course, she was saving $1,200 a year.

More often than not, the most prominent Obamacare horror stories end with the star being, at least in some ways, better off than before. The "Obamacare raped my future" woman who actually qualified for Medicaid and the woman whose premium went up 994 percent, until you acknowledged that her old plan covered next to nothing and she was eligible for subsidies, both stand out as strong examples. The stories fall apart under the slightest scrutiny.

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