private insurance? >> yes. absolutely. it -- >> reporter: did you see it right away, the increase sfs. >> you could see it just doubling. >> reporter: a tax attorney, chris, in part owes his living to the impact obamacare has had on his middle income customers. >> people can't afford insurance so they go without it or they buy the insurance but don't pay their taxes so they come into my office as a result. >> reporter: safe to say in this part of america the affordable care act is not very popular. after twice voting for obama, calhoun county swung the other way in 2016. was donald trump's talk of replacing obamacare one of the things that drew you to him? >> definitely. >> reporter: jim is self-employed and the republican county chair. he too says he struggled to pay his family's thousand dollars a month health insurance premiums. >> i ended up just deciding i'm going to go without. >> reporter: what do you know of the republican plan put forward