First, the Republican-lead senate already voted to throw out the good parts like insurers not being able to exclude pre-existing conditions. This causes rates t

First, the Republican-lead senate already voted to throw out the good parts like insurers not being able to exclude pre-existing conditions. This causes rates to up (basic economics). So now, me donating a kidney can be used to refuse me insurance. Second, I can't figure out what your insurance was that was only $250 before the ACA. The only people I know who pay that little were on catastrophic plans. Insurance for me in NY state as a healthy (I was never without insurance so the kidney donation didn't count against me) single male in my 30s on a private insurer was creeping up to nearly $10,000 a year for complete coverage under an HMO like I used to get when I worked for a Fortune 500. Under the ACA, I pay half that for similar coverage.