@Lesschumras
I don’t live in an alternative universe, I live in the land of the CT Yankee and some things are done better here.
Our Health Exchange works well.
My health insurance before the ACA was provided by Connecticare, they are still my insurance carrier. Before the ACA I was only able to use hospitals affiliated with Yale in southern CT, now they must cover every hospital in the state. My opthomologist did not previously accept this carrier, now he does. my monthly premiums went down, as did not co-pays.
I have one sibling who lives in NY, her coverage is worse and more expensive under ACA.
We are all self employed and that group seems to benefit most under the plans.
@ny100k
School tax does not exist in CT, it is part of town/city budgets and included in the total property tax. I own 2 houses next to each other (one was my late MIL’s) my local property tax bill is 18K for one and 13K for the other. I pay 6% State Income Tax rate and have no dependents to deduct. I am not subject to AMT.
We are seriously considering advancing our retirement, selling our property and moving. I have one more year before we avail ourselves of Medicare