I received this email from a Milwaukee woman the other day:

"I support President Obama 110%, but I have to tell you that Obamacare is NOT working for my family. The policies are just terrible and very expensive. The less expensive plans are just catastrophic and will not cover any of our average medical needs. How much money is a family expected to pay for health insurance? Am I unrealistic?

"$700-1000 a month for a somewhat decent plan, that actually covers the doctors we have come to know and trust, is a huge hit for this family. We had to drop the coverage we signed up for because we found it covered nothing, and then we had a client who didn't pay my freelancer husband. We were hoping things would be better this November, but they are not, and we are finding ourselves having to resolve to throw money out the door every month, in case of an emergency, on top of all our visits, which include my husband with MS, my 11 year old daughter with a heart condition. Did I mention that dental care is not included AT ALL??????!!!!!!!! Is there anything you can do to help?"

It won’t be easy to help. I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news, but even after the newly elected members of Congress get to Washington in January, the president who promised you’d be able to keep your doctor will still be able to veto anything Congress does to relieve the pain that the “Affordable” Care Act is imposing.

But we have to try. We just had an election. President Obama said his policies were on the ballot. The least we can do is see whether some Democrats have changed their minds about those policies, including the policy that’s causing premiums to skyrocket for Wisconsinites. I don’t expect the president would agree with what we pass, but we have to start working to undo the damage that Obamacare has already wrought.