Ever since efforts to legislatively repeal Obamacare ended ignominiously with a “thumbs down” from the late Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor, the Trump administration has been hard at work doing what they can to give families more and better healthcare choices than what Obamacare saddled them with. In so doing, they have created several welcome escape hatches from Obamacare, or what Phil Kerpen from American Commitment calls “Making Obamacare Optional.”

It goes without saying that Obamacare has been a lousy deal for families like mine which are forced to buy non-employer Obamacare market health insurance but make too much money to qualify for Obamacare’s tax credit to subsidize premiums. Between 2013 and 2017, average premiums for Obamacare plans doubled in price. As a result, Obamacare insurance plans are totally unaffordable. For example, my family is currently enrolled in one of the least expensive options in Virginia, and we have to pay $16,000 per year in premiums for “coverage” which begins after meeting a $13,000 deductible. Talk about junk insurance.