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Good analysis. I call bullshit on the OP.
Call it whatever you like. But now he's facing real financial pain. That's not bull.
Homeboy
2012 Nov 27, 4:09pm
Call it whatever you like. But now he's facing real financial pain. That's not bull.
According to what you posted, his premium would be $280/month. You call that "real financial pain"? I know people who pay $1500/month, and prices were out of control like that BEFORE ACA was passed. Your post doesn't make any sense. Care to take a stab at explaining why, according to the numbers in your post, he would have to have been paying $2/month in 2000?
Simply stated, there has not been a 250% increase in insurance premiums in the last year. That's just nonsense.
So yeah, unless and until you correct your figures, I maintain that what you posted is bullshit.
Tenpoundbass
2012 Nov 27, 10:32pm
ACA penalizes families. Individuals are cheap, but family plans are 6X as much. Even if you only have one kid.
Homeboy
2012 Nov 28, 4:53am
I also call bullshit on CaptainShuddup, but that's pretty much a permanent condition for him.
Vicente
2012 Nov 28, 5:43am
He's watched his health insurance premium jump 30-60% a year since 2000.
And who is this insurance with?
60% a year seems he's an idiot to stay with that company:
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What the (word of your choice)!?!?
I got a call from my father today. He's watched his health insurance premium jump 30-60% a year since 2000. Today his provider informed him that his company-subsidized premium was going up ...
TWO-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY PERCENT for 2013!!!
That's over $200 a month, increase!
(Just the two of 'em, healthy, non medical issues, non-smokers, non-drinkers, haven't seen the inside of a hospital in 22 years, eat an almost-vegan diet)
I've been skeptical of Obamacare since its passage ("we have to pass the bill to know what's inside it"). But I genuinely hoped the ACA law would finally cap or bring into control the costs. But this is the worst jump I've seen! This is going to financially crush my parents. Especially if it happens again next year.
I'd tell him to just cancel it and tell the insurance company to scram. But thanks to ACA, we're legally mandated to buy it, no matter the price.
We've got to fix this, guys. America is screwed (and I normally don't use that term)!
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