Win-Win-Win, if you're a Republican - and it could apply to thousands and thousands of people every year.

Will never be able to opt back in unless they suddenly get a windfall or somehow join the rich f**er's club.

Also means that people within the median to lower wage level of income whose employers will now drop health insurance as a company benefit because it's too f'n expensive won't be able to buy access to health care for themselves or their dependents - because it's too f'n expensive for a family of 4 if they make under six figures - and that's with no student loans clogging up their finances.

Oh, sure... it's going to be federal budget neutral enough for those tax cuts.
But for every one family that gets more than $5K of tax cuts, I'd lowball an estimate of fifty families (and individuals) are going to lose the ability to purchase health insurance and will be "making too much" for any sort of subsidy that could help them afford health care in general. And that's an estimate I'm trying to keep somewhat real, without going into hyperbole.

If my company drops health insurance, I and my family are screwed. What's the estimated premium for a just over median income family plan with two "high risk" (including one disabled) members, again?
$20 - $25K a year - just with the premium, with a $15K deductible?

That's close to half our annual net income - just for the health insurance premium and deductible. Oh, yes I get it, it's our fault - we both should have refused to get born because of the genetic issues our parents left us, or refused to work physically demanding jobs that broke parts of our bodies - just like all those conservative think tank bros who came from the lucky vagina club and didn't have to work very hard most of their lives, because being clever is enough to make one rich, don'tcha know?

Haele

It is bad when there is a government tax penalty if someone doesn't have insurance, but when a punishment is done by the insurance companies themselves, it is completely fine.