Comment by ChrisMarshallNY
2 months ago
Mine has tripled, but last year, I was actually getting some govt help. Not this year. I am fortunate to be able to afford it, but it’s just less than my mortgage.
This month is when all hell breaks loose, because people will get their first invoice at the new rate. They already know how much, but seeing it in the form of a demand, will drive it home.
Obamacare is like the NHS, in the UK. Everyone likes to bitch about it, but woe unto the politician that messes with it.
The equally insidious thing is that when they get hit with the new premium anyone who took better coverage, like a silver plan for the ACA, will likely be "forced" to downgrade to a lower (bronze) plan, which means that when they actually get services their costs will further skyrocket (higher deductibles and out of pockets).
Talking about all hell breaking loose... Marjorie Taylor Greene announces her resignation specifically because of rising health care costs (yeah, I'm cynical,there's maybe more to it). Mamdani gets elected on a platform that's essentially "shit costs too much." Maybe folks on both sides are starting to wake up. A guy can dream...
MTG just got her pension. I doubt healthcare costs have anything substantively to do with it. Someone just wants to avoid digging a hole any deeper than they have.
Isn’t obamacare what caused all these problems in the first place? NHS is public. Obamacare was just a blank check to private companies
> Isn’t obamacare what caused all these problems in the first place?
I don’t think so, but it’s a fairly poor attempt to address the industry problems. It’s a lash-up “solution” to a problem caused by our entire healthcare structure.
> Obamacare was just a blank check to private companies
And healthcare providers. No one wants to fix the real issue, so this was the only thing all those lobbyists would allow.
That doesn’t change the fact that it has actually become quite popular.