Most Americans can expect to pay significantly more each month for health insurance next year, whether they get it through work, the Affordable Care Act or Medicare. In some cases, the premium increases may be the largest in decades and are driven by numerous economic pressures. But they won’t look the same for everyone. Some will pay more in the form of higher copays or deductibles.
“Healthcare costs are going up faster than they have in years, and open enrollment is when the healthcare affordability crisis is really going to hit home for people,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a nonpartisan research group. “That’s true for whatever kind of insurance you have.”
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Health insurance in the US is completely fucking broken and the current system is clearly beyond repair. People HAVE to have it, so the providers can keep charging whatever they want, outpacing inflation and fast outpacing wages, while they simultaneously enjoy record profits. We’ve gotta get with (checks notes) EVERY other first-world nation and move to a universal/single-payer system.
But that would also mean that 0.000002% of the population who “don’t deserve” care might get it, so of course the county will keep cutting off its nose to spite its face.