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Glenn Lawn Girl's avatar

When Obamacare went into effect our family paid 800 ish per month for a high deductible plan. Two years later it was over $2000 per month and few choices. Subsidies aka welfare allowed my neighbors to have insurance while we couldn’t afford it. I spent sleekness nights crying about our plight. When republicans had the chance to repeal it, the effers were cowards and liars and turncoats. Anything the govt touches, it’s a shit show.

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Bobby's avatar

All I know is after obamacare came about, I have paid WAY more than I previously did. Started out with private insurance of about $2000/yr for both my wife and I before obamacare. For many years now, we have been paying well over $20,000 per year for us, and that was with a high deductible. I am on medicare now but I still pay around $13,000 per year for my wife alone, plus what I pay for medicare and supplements. I keep getting these stupid emails from healthcare.gov that say "Most people pay less than $20/month. Sign up now!" Well, maybe, so long as "most people" are very young and make absolutely no money so maybe they get a large subsidy, I don't know. All I know is that what I have paid for basic medical insurance for years now is way more than I can afford and cuts into my retirement savings that i am dependent on to last the rest of my life. But I guess when we "own nothing we will be happy".

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