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Kathie Platt

For A Family With Job-Based Insurance, Premium Subsidies Fall Far Short Of Promises

By Kathie Platt March 31, 2014 KFF Health News Original

A Texas woman explains how her family’s hopes of help from the health law were dashed when they found out that they were not eligible.

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