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Maeve

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4. I can't compare apples to apples with the ACA

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 05:46 PM

Nov 2017

Our current PPO insurer dropped out after the Repubs messed around for so long and my only choices this year are a variety of HMOs. We'll be paying a lot less per month, but paying more out of pocket and I have to drop my doctor--luckily, Hubby's doc is in our new plan and he really likes her (I wasn't crazy about mine, so it works out).

Back when we had employer-based insurance, the costs went up each year and the benefits went down. Things stabilized under the ACA, but the current administration is doing everything it can to destabilize the whole industry.

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ACA Premiums [View all] ClarendonDem Nov 2017 OP

Not just ACA premiums. AirmensMom Nov 2017 #1

My premium is going up about 40% next year MiniMe Nov 2017 #2

Some have commented on that. One of the reasons for this is because of what the republicans and still_one Nov 2017 #3

I can't compare apples to apples with the ACA Maeve Nov 2017 #4

If your son's plan is unsubsidized, that is due to the Trump chaos. Ms. Toad Nov 2017 #5

Did his income rise? Cicada Nov 2017 #6

No, he's a student ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #7

]has he checked if the school has a plan karynnj Nov 2017 #12

Yep matt819 Nov 2017 #8

$20,000 a year for insurance is reprehensible ClarendonDem Nov 2017 #9

Depending on the age of the person radical noodle Nov 2017 #11

Here, the cheapest policy for a 64 year old smoker is around 27K non smoker 22.5K Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #17

I have written this on DU several times BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #10

Work-based premiums increase $8 to $544. aikoaiko Nov 2017 #13

Yes. Up $500/mo, $15K deductible for junk catastrophic policy. GreenPartyVoter Nov 2017 #14

The republicans have been sabotaging the system Turbineguy Nov 2017 #15

Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia had an almost 3 fold increase Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #16

Health insurance companies have Americans by the Lint Head Nov 2017 #18