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Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:24 am
Posted by LChama
Member since May 2020
4632 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:24 am
Our company is raising premiums by $200 a month and doubling our deductible. What the hell. This isnt sustainable.
Posted by mtb010
San Antonio
Member since Sep 2009
6693 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:26 am to
A little more context is needed. Raising it 200 from what? What was deductible and what is it now? Did you add family members?
Posted by Figgy
CenCal
Member since May 2020
10688 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:26 am to
quote:

Our company is raising premiums by $200 a month and doubling our deductible. What the hell. This isnt sustainable.


It wasn’t meant to be. Single payer is the goal.
Posted by MMauler
Primary This RINO Traitor
Member since Jun 2013
24919 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:27 am to
Congratulations, you get to pay for all the Odumbf*ck voters who would rather spend their money on rims, nails, and weaves. This is what Odumbf*ckcare was set up for and what it’s all about.
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
14856 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:27 am to
Obamacare was the most disastrous piece of legislation in modern history. So much damage was done to our health care system.
Posted by Nobelium
Member since May 2018
878 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:31 am to
Easy there, Karl Marx. You know as well as I do that this country was founded as an economic zone and the best choice always in every situation is whatever makes the red line go up the most. It's your moral imperative to pick up the tab for illegals who are paying nothing so corporations can suppress wages and increase prices.

If you don't like paying a second mortgage for healthcare, move to China.
This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 10:57 am
Posted by 4LSU2
Mandeville
Member since Dec 2009
38222 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:33 am to
It was designed to fail. All the while Obama gets paid millions each year for his own commission under the legislation we had to pass to be able to see what it included.

Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
75320 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:35 am to
I own my own company and work for myself. I have a silver level plan. It's $700 a month. But I have a secondary that's $250. I then have another $1500 in monthly expenses with treatments and co-pays. Then in to of that I have two payment plans for hospital strays that I'm very slowly paying at $100 each a month.
I don't qualify for the ACA Co pay.
Worse yet. In a few months I'm being forced into Medicare A&B but that will only cover 80% then I need anther insurance but I'm told I'll save money.
Meanwhile I randomly get bills for when the insurance plays games and it's slow to pay claims. .
But it's still better than alternatives. Like dying or paying oop or sitting in er for hospital visits.


Anyone here sell insurance? I'm looking to switch to a good secondary and a new primary.

This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 10:38 am
Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
95281 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:35 am to
yeah this is the cost i have said for years that is robbing people's retirement. many who cannot afford to contribute anymore to a 401k or IRA because of this.

I have a private plan through my self owned company which still costs a fortune because the one my wife had at the hospital was even worse.

Then if you go look at the government exchange it is even much worse. which makes me feel a little better. however, None of this is affordable or fair for most people. What do you do if you make too much for medicaid but cannot afford these premiums?

People are crying about gas prices, this is what most should be rioting over. healthcare premiums! They cost me way more than any gas prices do.

health insurance was dirt cheap under bush/clinton. This shite is nothing more than wealth redistribution. Didn't poors get mediaid and free emergency rooms as it was? was all this shite for people with pre-existing conditions? or just to help more leeches milk the system?

most plans for one person are not too bad. once you pay for a couple or family it shoots through the roof.

This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 10:44 am
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
75320 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:36 am to
Don't they have medicaid? No one has ACA credits anymore.
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
35713 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:41 am to
i'm self-employed, and it's truly insane what we pay for insurance and still get bills for things that should be covered without deductible or "co-insurance" (an absurd misnomer to begin with--they should just be honest and call it no-insurance). It technically isn't worth my time to fight a $300 mammogram bill (100% covered under the plan) because "providers" and "insurance" can't seem to get their coding right [part of the scam], but i do it out of principle. and my ultimate fall back is: sue me.

Posted by Fat Bastard
alter hunter
Member since Mar 2009
95281 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:50 am to
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This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 12:45 pm
Posted by BuckI
Grove City, Ohio
Member since Oct 2020
8031 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:52 am to
The biggest crooks in America wear suits and ties and rob you with a pen.
Posted by Pezzo
Member since Aug 2020
3053 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:55 am to
i'll only go to the doctor if i feel like i'm dying or if i break a bone. i refuse to pay outrageous prices when i'm already being robbed close to 9k a year for a family plan. i get to pay 9k a year just to find out im partially covered when i visit a doctor.
Posted by Prodigal Son
Member since May 2023
2070 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:02 am to
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All the while Obama gets paid millions each year for his own commission under the legislation

Say what? Can you explain this to me please?
Posted by Houag80
Member since Jul 2019
20531 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:03 am to
Welcome to the world of rampant medical fraud, military disability fraud and medical malpractice.
Someone has to pay for it and it might as well be us.

Military disability fraud has gone off the rails. I know several who get 100%....not one is "disabled".
Posted by BrianKellysbuyout
Member since Nov 2025
2611 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:05 am to
We have to pay all of the unpaid premiums from people that don't have insurance. The whole health industry is broken beyond repair. I don't know what the fix is, but consumers are goimg to continue to float it until it sinks. I honestly think the only way to fix it is to break it completely. Everybody needs to opt out of health insurance, everybody. Just pay out of pocket every time.
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
11989 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:09 am to
H'mmm, 4 of us, two older, two younger (just and about to be married) were discussing our insurance two days ago.

$10 increase / month. Yes, last year was higher... but your experience is NOT happening everywhere.

ETA: Ahhh...now I see... This is a bitch-session, circle jerk. Next time, put it in the Subject field please.
This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 12:51 pm
Posted by mwade91383
Washington DC
Member since Mar 2010
8299 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:18 am to
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Obamacare was the most disastrous piece of legislation in modern history. So much damage was done to our health care system


This is a classic example of the very online right wing having no basis in reality. It’s actually quietly kinda popular, for all its flaws. People like having healthcare, who knew!

There are millions of republicans in red states on the ACA, we know this, scoreboard my dude.

The other dead giveaway, Trump has passed one meaningful piece of legislation this term (OBBB) and NOBODY on the right wants to talk about. In peak election season, no less.

Many of those healthcare cuts haven’t even kicked in yet. It’s going to get worse.

Posted by GoblinGuide
Member since Nov 2017
2475 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 11:20 am to
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Congratulations, you get to pay for all the Odumbf*ck voters who would rather spend their money on rims, nails, and weaves. This is what Odumbf*ckcare was set up for and what it’s all about.


Maybe they're spending it on Skoal, truck parts, and MAGA hats.
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