You complained that no one is proposing that we tax employer health plans instead of creating a subsidy that distorts the market and raises prices. I point out

You complained that no one is proposing that we tax employer health plans instead of creating a subsidy that distorts the market and raises prices. I point out that the ACA did do that. Not enough to yours or my liking, but it did nonetheless. Your response is to complain that it didn't go far enough. Sure. But the least you can do is recognize that the ACA certainly does do something in the spirit of what you were claiming no one had attempted. That doesn't mean you have to like the law as a whole.