The middle class does well under Obamacare. They do not pay the special Obamacare taxes on high bracket taxpayers that pay for Obamacare. Most are employed so they get the benefit of discounted large group plans through their employer which provides benefits through large national pools at the lowest possible premiums. Anyone with an employer plan does not have to go through the exchanges. Through employer provided plans, employees and the employer benefit from a tax credit to the employer to cover costs to provide insurance and a tax exemption for the employee so you are not taxed on the share paid by the employer. Those tax benefits are under threat of being cut by some Republicans because they want to spend more on huge cuts for the upper brackets.