Reality bites.

Veteran House Democratic aides are sick over the insurance prices they’ll pay under Obamacare, and they’re scrambling to find a cure.

“In a shock to the system, the older staff in my office (folks over 59) have now found out their personal health insurance costs (even with the government contribution) have gone up 3-4 times what they were paying before,” Minh Ta, chief of staff to Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), wrote to fellow Democratic chiefs of staff in an email message obtained by POLITICO. “Simply unacceptable.”

What’s unacceptable is a public policy so ill-advised and so counterproductive that millions are losing the insurance they’ve chosen. We must reverse course and infuse the health insurance system with competition and choice that puts consumers/buyers in the driver’s seat.

For updates on the impact of ObamaCare, follow the analysis by Katherine Restrepo, JLF’s health and human services analyst.