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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, just got the wonderful news for next year- my mandated health insurance up more than 50%
Isn't it past time for a public option or single payer?
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Which is not bad at all...50%...wow...my sympathies, seriously.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)2naSalit
(86,840 posts)GP6971
(31,226 posts)Mandated by who?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Some Bronze plans, mandated to not be junk, replacing the useless junk plans of the bad old days, went to $75 dollars from $50 a month...is that your "50%" increase?
Hydra
(14,459 posts)My side of the payment more than doubled. I couldn't afford insurance before, and now I have to choose to pay this or pay the fine I can't afford either. Awesome system. Be sure to thank your people for me.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Hydra
(14,459 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)or this guy
They know most Americans have the memory retention of a gnat.
This guy mouthed off- then he was fired
And the Democrat that had SINGLE PAYER ADVOCATES ARRESTED is now the US Ambassador to China, trying to further help what is left of the middle class.
No stinking Deductibles for Max the Single Payer Slayer!
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Guess it wasn't set in stone after all, like jailing banksters and warmongers.
VMA131Marine
(4,158 posts)How much is your current policy?
How much will the new one be?
Are you getting a tax credit to subsidize the cost?
Has your credit changed since last year? How much?
Without details, your claim of a 50% increase has no context to determine if it's a legitimate complaint.
MiniMe
(21,719 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)Yes, single payer would be fantastic. I hope the ACA is a step on that path.
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Hydra
(14,459 posts)And on the News Hour tonight, they featured people who were being screwed by the program, and what the Obama Admin was doing to help. The answer: not a whole lot.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)and how much is the unsubsidized cost of the policy this year versus next?
is the assumption your income will increase next year?
Hydra
(14,459 posts)As posted further up, my premium is going from $220 to $340 per month. Even with the subsidy it will be more than 10% of my pretax income, and I have a disabled dependent.
We're being priced out of existence. That money will have to come out of our food and medicine budget unless I get a raise or a better job. Gotta love living on luck...
Monk06
(7,675 posts)companies are allowed to sell primary healthcare insurance.
It is an essential part of the claims based business model to deny claims. That is how they make their money.
Premium based single payer is the only way to go