WGEM: ObamaCare Sticker Shock Slamming Small Businesses in Illinois

SCHMIDT Questions about the ░░░░░░░░ Care Act s impact ░░░░░░░░ health insurance premiums are ░░░░░░░░ to get answered tonight ░░░░░░░░ NESS One local insurance ░░░░░░░░ says self employed from ░░░░░░░░ and small retail shop ░░░░░░░░ are the ones getting ░░░░░░░░ the hardest WGEM s ░░░░░░░░ Pfeiferling is digging deeper ░░░░░░░░ this issue tonight She ░░░░░░░░ live in the newsroom ░░░░░░░░ more Kaylee PFEIFERLING Lesley ░░░░░░░░ sticker shock is very ░░░░░░░░ for the self employed ░░░░░░░░ talked with a tri ░░░░░░░░ auctioneer today who says ░░░░░░░░ insurance premiums are set ░░░░░░░░ more than double AUCTION ░░░░░░░░ PFEIFERLING Yes 62 year ░░░░░░░░ Deborah Davis and her ░░░░░░░░ own Davis Auction and ░░░░░░░░ And while business may ░░░░░░░░ booming for Davis Davis ░░░░░░░░ PFEIFERLING She says more ░░░░░░░░ her hard earned money ░░░░░░░░ soon be going to ░░░░░░░░ insurance premiums Davis I ░░░░░░░░ on the Blue Cross ░░░░░░░░ Shield website talked to ░░░░░░░░ Blue Cross reps themselves ░░░░░░░░ all 4 resources verified ░░░░░░░░ my premium is going ░░░░░░░░ go from 230 a ░░░░░░░░ up to nearly 500 ░░░░░░░░ a month PFEIFERLING Like ░░░░░░░░ self employed Americans Davis ░░░░░░░░ this letter in the ░░░░░░░░ telling her the health ░░░░░░░░ she currently has is ░░░░░░░░ away now that the ░░░░░░░░ Care Act has been ░░░░░░░░ Davis People like me ░░░░░░░░ s always taken care ░░░░░░░░ my health I ve ░░░░░░░░ a low health risk ░░░░░░░░ ve gotten lower insurance ░░░░░░░░ because of that That ░░░░░░░░ t the facts now ░░░░░░░░ Davis now has to ░░░░░░░░ to a plan that ░░░░░░░░ health benefits now required ░░░░░░░░ law that she says ░░░░░░░░ doesn t necessarily need ░░░░░░░░ My situation the maternity ░░░░░░░░ newborn care I would ░░░░░░░░ never ever use PFEIFERLING ░░░░░░░░ officials at Winters Insurance ░░░░░░░░ in Quincy say many ░░░░░░░░ are finding themselves in ░░░░░░░░ similar situation JOHNSTON If ░░░░░░░░ don t qualify for ░░░░░░░░ subsidy and they don ░░░░░░░░ have any pre existing ░░░░░░░░ conditions it s definitely ░░░░░░░░ to be more expensive ░░░░░░░░ them PFEIFERLING Meanwhile Davis ░░░░░░░░ she s now left ░░░░░░░░ options either pay the ░░░░░░░░ dollars a month premium ░░░░░░░░ do away with health ░░░░░░░░ all together Davis I ░░░░░░░░ healthy now Will I ░░░░░░░░ over the next 2 ░░░░░░░░ until I go on ░░░░░░░░ It s something that ░░░░░░░░ lot of soul searching ░░░░░░░░ to enter into this.”