And if the ACA is a taste, I'd like some more.
"" We all remember the promise – President
Obama famously told us time and time again
that ObamaCare would lower health insurance
premiums by $2,500 a year for families. But
unless you’re receiving a giant subsidy from
the government for your insurance, you’re
not paying less in premiums, in fact, for
employer sponsored plans, premiums have
risen nearly $5,000 since Obama promised to
cut them. What about deductibles? They
haven’t decreased either. But don’t just take
my word for it.
A new survey finds that in 2015 deductibles
on employer-provided health plans actually
rose by almost nine percent.
According to a new report by the Kaiser
Family Foundation and the Health Research &
Educational Trust, the increase brings the
average deductible that workers must pay for
their health insurance plans to $1,077; more
than triple what it was a decade ago. As
reported in the L.A. Times, “That is seven
times faster than wages have risen in the
same period.”
Kaiser Family Foundation president Drew
Altman said, “It’s a quiet revolution. When
deductibles are rising seven times faster than
wages … it means that people can’t pay their
rent. … They can’t buy their gas. They can’t
eat.”
As a comparison, “workers’ wages increased
1.9% between April 2014 and April 2015,
according to federal data analyzed by the
report’s authors.”
The news is also bad for family plans as, the
“average family plan cost workers $4,955, up
3% from last year.”
This is a significant problem for families trying
to make ends meet.
Even the left acknowledges that workers are
getting the short end of the stick, saying that
workers are having the higher premiums and
out-of-pocket costs passed on to them from
their employers.
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered
California, the largest state marketplace in
the country told the L.A. Times that
“Deductibles are a big problem for
consumers.” He’s right. According to the
Kaiser Family Foundation, “The average
deductible for a silver plan on marketplaces
nationwide this year is more than $2,500.”
If you’re already paying a couple of hundred
dollars a month for your mandated health
insurance and have a large deductible, you
could be out nearly $5,000 before your
insurance even kicks in. If you couldn’t
afford insurance before ObamaCare, this likely
isn’t affordable either. At least before
ObamaCare, high deductible policies had low
monthly costs, and a wise consumer could
save the money they weren’t spending on
high premiums. But those plans aren’t ACA
compliant and are no longer available.
With many companies subject to the
upcoming “Cadillac Tax,” in 2018, the health
care costs for American workers are likely to
continue rising. The promised $2,500 savings
is nowhere in sight and this latest survey
once again shows that the “Affordable Care
Act” has made health insurance more
unaffordable than before.""
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/09/24/kaiser-study-deductibles-under-obamacare-rising-seven-times-faster-than-inflation/
And I wont even go into how $hittier Medicare has gotten. Im currently waiting on a phone call from a hospital my 85y/o mom is in to see if theyre gonna discharge her even though she's been bedridden for five days and cant frickin even stand up!
Do you wanna know what the doc said yesterday when I asked if she needed to stay an extra few days amd get some physical rehab? He said "Absolutely....but I dont know if the case worker will allow it because of insurance (Medicare).
So....Im gonna have to move in with her for a cpl weeks and be her legs.
And dont get me started on the upcoming out of pocket charges...we aint even got the last hosp stays bills paid....and its an 85y/o woman on a limited Social Security check.
Frick Obamacare! The WORST law passed in my lifetime.
And you want Single Payer?! Full govt run healthcare?!
Thanks for the laugh...I needed it, its been a crappy last five days
More obamacare lol '

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