I was on the Healthcare.gov site getting health insurance and the exact same policy I had last year, after the subsidy, the premiums were about $133 a month last year. Now this year they are $236 a month. Unreal.
We have to break the Medical Monopolies to bring down costs. Question is will Trump do it?
>We have to break the Medical Monopolies to bring down costs. Question is will Trump do it?
Trump can drastically reduce the cost of medical care without an executive order change to the law. Currently medical care is sold without upfront pricing which is a violation of US law. It’s effectively a non-market system. All Trump needs to do is start prosecuting when medical institutions fail to disclose upfront pricing and prices will drop like a rock.
Our son has been fighting cancer for 27 months.
When he lost his insurance as a result of no longer being able to work, he ended up on ObamaCare.
Last year, his premiums were $90/month with $500 out of pocket.
The company first notified him hes premiums would be "$250/month this year with $1,000 out of pocket.
He was then notified he couldn't stay on Obama Care because he's receiving $1500/month SS Disability, and has to go on Medicare.
Since Medicare is a %80 plan, he has to pay the basic $140, $50 for d the prescription plan, and $350 for supplemental - which has a $6000 out of pocket.
The $1500 disability is his only income so now, he makes $18K a year and his health insurance costs are to be:
$6480 a year for coverage...
$6000 a year out of pocket before the supplemental insurance kicks in for a total of
$12480 a year (before co-pays for medications so lets call it.
$13,500 a year.
No way he can live on the remaining $4500 a year - especially since his SS Disability is being taxed.
We sent messages to our Congressman/Senators and I even dropped a note to the Trump team in case they need a story about how illegals and other non-productive sorts get a free ride (he supposedly doesn't qualify for Medicaid like they do) while hard workers who have things really go South end up getting long-term colonoscopies with a splintered implements.