re: Thomas Gallatin: Obama Doubled Your Healthcare Premium

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Most of you are too stupid to understand healthcare financing.

"Who knew it was so complicated?"

Health insurance premiums went up an average of 10% a year in the three years before the Affordable Care Act. In fact, employers have been shifting the costs of premium to their employees for years while increasing deductibles, co-pays and maximum out of pocket expenses.

I always love it when people discuss the ACA premium without discussing subsidies to help offset them for people who qualify. It's also odd to hear folks talk about the huge premiums people pay through ACA. I have news for you. See how insurance premiums through the market place compare to COBRA premiums from your employer. They'll be comparable is assure you.

Also, don't think you don't already pay a premium or a "tax" for uncompensated care for uninsured.

Healthcare financing in this country is a joke and will be until we have single payer.

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I think there are other ways besides just single-payer to make the system better, but the idea often peddled around here that just repealing the ACA is some sort of answer and will magically get us to this fairyland that never actually existed is just crazy.