2016 Health Insurance Premiums
Those of us in the private health insurance market in Minnesota are being socked with 40-50% increases in premiums eff 1-1-16. I may have to put the RV up on blocks and park it in the driveway. I have...
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cant_remember_ID wrote:
As long as the health care industry is for profit, premiums and deductibles will continue to increase while coverage decreases. Nothing to do with ACA. When a treatment for Hep C runs $84,000, there are a lot of Baby Boomers that are going to cost a lot of money. Your time may be better spent to encourage your congressman to look at single payer.
Exactly.
Don't blame the ACA. Blame the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies.
I am the benefits coordinator for my employer, and I've seen premiums rising at an increasing rate for at least twenty years. As long as the system is rigged so the hospital can charge you twenty dollars for a band-aid you'll have outrageous insurance costs.
