Do you have an extra $1300 per month that you don't need?

The answer for most people to that question is a resounding no. However, it's a question I'm forced to deal with as that is the increase in my health insurance 
premium. It's going from $825 per month to $2155 for month under TrumpCare.

I'm better off than most. Even though our savings have taken a hit this year as I worked through 2 layoffs in 7 months and then starting my own business, I'm 
actually in okay shape. My consulting business is doing great and if not for the health insurance thing I'd be really excited about my personal financial situation 
for 2026. 

Instead, after spending the morning doing cash flow projections for next year, I'm resigned to 2026 being a year of getting by, which in this economy is an 
achievement. But I probably won't be rapidly rebuilding my savings or making up for this lost year of retirement savings.

I know that given the number of people who will simply have to abandon health insurance and the millions and millions that didn't have savings or insurance in the 
first place,  I really shouldn't be complaining. But I am.