The promoters of this disaster only talk about the premiums. What about the horrendous deductibles and the limits on doctors and hospitals? Many doctors are being driven out of private practice and rural hospitals are going broke. Obamacare is ruining health care in the US, but that was always the plan. They want to force a single payer, government-run system on all of us.
Wonder if Mr. Parente knows Dr. Gruber?
“Where are the double-digit premium increases that so many predicted?”
Jack Hammer’s premium has doubled - DOUBLED - in a single year in order to pay for those busy sucking away at the government teat.
I got our new rates today. My per check contribution increased from $147 to $174. At 26 pay checks that’s $700 a year.
Some plans are as high as $550 a check or over $1100 a month. I have the cheapest plan on the list w $25/40 copays. It’s out of control.
Since 87% of exchange buyers are taxpayer subsidized, are they really all that concerned about rates?
Just askin’
The premium will be pretty high to cover all those deliberate and uninsured AIDS patients (pre-existing conditions)
I don’t know about anyone else, but my premiums went up by approximately 20% for 2015.
The San Antonio Express News recently ran a story about how the average premium increase is only 4% in Texas. You had to go in about seven or eight paragraphs to discover they were only looking at plans purchased on the public exchange, not plans from private insurers through medium-to-large employers. Those of us with good jobs are getting the shaft. As usual.
So that will be right after the election, eh? As usual.