The premium increases stem in part from rising healthcare costs, including higher prices for medical care and expensive prescription drugs.
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.”
Prices have shifted upward in every corner of daily life.
Shut the fuck up. This says nothing, it’s word salad.
“It’s more expensive because it’s more expensive. We’ve explained this already.”
It’s fucking greed at the top, that’s it.
How much do and what percentage of revenue do they spend on marketing (and other bullshit) vs cost of care?
My end game is getting healthcare in other countries via medical tourism or Permanent Residency/Citizenship to escape the broken US system. I hit my dental plan maximum coverage in April this year. So even though I have coverage through my employer they are stingy with high copays and low maximums.
And shopping around trying to get a quote for health insurance without an employer to sponsor, it was like a 2nd mortgage/2nd rent payment.
Long term it’ll be cheaper to buy global (ex-US) health insurance and fly abroad for care.
Fuck, that’s pretty cheap if you’re under 50