140%? AHHAHAHAHAH. Let’s start with the first day raise - my insurance went from $275 per month to $420 per month, my wife’s went from $172 per month to $370 per month. Our deductible went from $2,000 per policy to $5,000 per policy (or $10,000 per family) + the lovely donut hole liability of another $2,700. Meaning if we had any significant need for the insurance, such as being in an accident, for more than double than what we were paying, we have an additional $8,700 in liability.
Yet supposedly during the course of Obamacare rates only went up 140%?
(By the way, same policy, today, is $680 per month for myself, and $540 per month for my wife with $12,700 in deductibles.) That’s a 300% raise in costs, which isn’t even a fair comparison due to the massively higher deductible cost. Contemplate spending more per month in health insurance cost than you pay per month for your home - senator, I’m glad you got your eyes on the prize and you’re focused on repealing the monstrosity, but stop underselling how massive a cost increase occurred.
Your example is exactly why we have to have HSAs and insurance across state lines in any bill that's proposed.
And the spinator, his staff and the rest of the congress creeps are EXEMPT from all this crap and cost.
Our HMO Insurance Policy in December 2013 was $920 a Month (including separate Dental and Vision Plans).
Our HMO Insurance Policy in January 2017 is $1,980 a Month (including separate Dental and Vision Plans)
I am 13 Months from getting Medicare Coverage.
My Wife is 26 Months from getting Medicare Coverage.
Instead of saving $2,500 a Year as Obama promised, I am paying out $12,000 more a Year.
$2,500 (promised Yearly savings) + $12,000 (current Yearly cost) = $14,500, our true Yearly Obamacare Penalty.