Health Care Costs

ChopperBill wrote:
My wife lost her insurance when affordable health care care to being. Now she has a policy that cost twice as much but thanks to you generous citizens you are picking up half the tab. THANK YOU!

That's exactly right - the less you earn after expenses, the less your health insurance premium is going to cost you monthly. At least that aspect of the playing field got levelled out with the Affordable Healthcare Act. However, depending on the annual deductible your wife chose in her plan, the out-of-pocket can still be $6K (individual) to $12K (family) a year. The lower her deductible - the higher the monthly premium. Also, PPO is going to cost more in premiums than HMO. Glad to hear all is OK!