Reply #26: Join the club.. Its going up because so many employers are dropping

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the coverage to save money.. Less people in the pool, same need by shareholders to be paid, and this means we all get screwed for minimal protection of co-pay for getting some meds for a really bad cold or flu.. Most people who have insurance are older every year. Younger generations are losing jobs or not getting a job that has those built in bennies (you know still waiting tables after college because there are no jobs anywhere). The young who have less illness are not helping to offset the older populations that are in the pools.

The whole health ins. act was completely worthless other than entrenching us further in a corporate scam of paying more money for the already wealthy's bottom line.

Enacting a Medicare for All buy-in option for everyone would have made for help in creating jobs and businesses during this downturn. Health care costs are huge. For a big company, its a way to keep their serfs from leaving or demanding better vacations, bonuses, and wage increases.. but for small business, its a death sentence during an economic downturn.