WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who buy individual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of double-digit premium increases, and their frustration is boiling over.
Some are expecting premiums for 2018 to rival a mortgage payment.
What they pay is tied to the price of coverage on the health insurance markets created by the Obama-era law, but these consumers get no protection from the law's tax credits, which cushion against rising premiums. Instead they pay full freight and bear the brunt of market problems such as high costs and diminished competition.
On Capitol Hill, there's a chance that upcoming bipartisan hearings by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., can produce legislation offering some relief. But it depends on Republicans and Democrats working together despite a seven-year health care battle that has left raw feelings on both sides.
#1: paraclete To: XDMAR (#0)
paraclete posted on 2017-09-04 09:37:40 Reply Private Reply
#2: buckeroo To: XDMAR (#0)
These two evil groups of politicians destroyed the American health care system in the first place. They created Medicare and Medicaid, both of which migrated the free market enterprise of the health care industry into the monstrosity that it is today.
Expect more failure when these politicians slap each other on the back and demand a pay raise from the American People.
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-04 09:44:04 Reply Private Reply
#3: misterwhite To: XDMAR (#0)
Write your Congressman. All he knows is what he reads in the press, and they're telling him that 80% of the people are happy with Obamacare.
misterwhite posted on 2017-09-04 10:26:23 Reply Private Reply