Total BS because when you devalue something and the price is approximately the same, the cost HAS INCREASED and the value HAS DECREASED.
I am referring to the astronomically high deductible that has become the new standard for “good health insurance.”
Before Ocare, a $5K deductible insurance plan was dirt cheap; approx. $200. Now it is three times that at $600 and even higher. So the net increase since Ocare is 300%. That doesn't include the visible premium increases of “double digits.”
Yes, they are liars.
Exactly, I don’t have a problem with the quality of the local care, it’s just that I will pay almost $10K premiums to have maybe 3 visits this year.
Then if I did get sick, a $4K deductible.
So for all practical purposes it’s a catastrophic care policy for $14K a year.
I seem to recall that actual healthcare expenditures dropped for certain groups of people...but burrowing into those demographics, it was because their health insurance costs and deductibles rose so much that there was much less money available for any actual health care.
Pre-Obamacare deductible of 150/person, 500 for family. Full pay after.
Now 8k deductible for the family, then 80/20 to 15k, with 80% increase in the premium. Other people got worse.