A protest called on Rep. Young Kim to vote against President Donald Trump's spending bill in Anaheim, California, on July 1. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images/File
Millie Haas’s life depends on having affordable health insurance through Obamacare.
The disabled Okeechobee, Florida, resident is battling three types of cancer and a neurological condition. She and her husband, a retired maintenance worker, would have a tough time paying for coverage on their fixed incomes were it not for the enhanced federal subsidies that lower their monthly premium to $124. And she wouldn’t be able to afford to see the 11 specialists who care for her if she were uninsured.
“For me, no insurance is death,” said Haas, 58, a former human resources staffer who has had to scrimp to pay up to