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In reply to the discussion: Because I have pretty good medical insurance, I admit I paid little attention [View all]liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)Right now I am paying $925/month for health insurance premiums. In April, my husband will start to receive Medicare, so our bill will go down by about $300. I rarely even look to see how much I would be paying in copays because after the premium I can't afford the copay. Almost all of them go to collections. I also can't afford for me, my daughter and my son to have prescription coverage on our plan because it would have made our premium even more expensive. My daughter got the flu. We went to the doctor. he gave my daughter a prescription for Tamiflu. It cost us $100 and of course it didn't even work. I am glad some are receiving some help from ACA. If it weren't for ACA my husband and son wouldn't even have insurance right now because they both have pre-existing conditions. But it is outrageous that the insurance companies are allowed to make the amount of profit off of us as they are and we still are not receiving all of the care we need. Single payer is the only way. We have to keep fighting.