Obamacare stung when it hit me . I was working full time hours at a job that didn ' t offer a health insurance plan . It was cool though because I was getting 40 hours a week just paying for insurance out of pocket . Then Obamacare hit , and my employer was required to provide insurance for full time employees . All of a sudden my hours are cut and I can ' t afford my insurance anymore . I made too much to get govt aid , according the marketplace people , so that left me with shitty plans that didn ' t cover much and were just as expensive as my old insurance . I haven ' t had insurance since then . Even with the tax penalty , and paying for doctor appointments out of pocket , it costs me less than the crappy plans I can afford would . Obamacare helps the poor , does nothing to the rich , and drives the middle class into poverty . I ' m pretty sure it was just a scheme to broaden the income gap in the US .