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Health care costs were (and are) increasing. The rate of increase slowed under the last administration. [1] Your costs may have gone up if you were part of a lo

Health care costs were (and are) increasing. The rate of increase slowed under the last administration. [1] Your costs may have gone up if you were part of a low risk group because under Obamacare, low risk individuals were made to share the cost of other insureds who were stupid enough to get old, be poor or have existing health issues that made them unprofitable for insurance companies to insure. Obamacare also removed the low price "scam" insurances that would deny coverage on flimsy "pre-existing condition" pretenses. If I'd kept the same program that I had under the Obama administration, my costs would have doubled under the current administration (800->$1600mo). [1] https://www.factcheck.org/2015/02/slower-premium-growth-under-obama/ https://www.factcheck.org/2015/02/slower-premium-growth-unde... "..the average premium for single coverage through employers has gone up 28 percent “under Obama” That’s right again, but much lower than the growth of individual premiums during Bush’s first six years. That increase was 72 percent."

malvosenior 8y ago
> low risk individuals were made to share the cost of other insureds Yes, that's a huge part of the problem right there. If I'm healthy and work hard to be healthy, I have zero interest in paying for someone else's health problems. I have my own family to feed and we're talking about massive amounts of money that I get no direct benefit from.
- komali2 8y ago
  >massive amounts of money that I get no direct benefit from If your value system is "let the lepers die in the street," our value systems are so far removed from each other that the best thing we can do is respectfully not engage. But because we're both already here, and you seem to care a lot about money, maybe we should talk about money? Do you like living in a city, country, state with high GDP? This can improve the price of goods locally as your country has a stronger bargaining position in international trade agreements. This means higher paying jobs are available because bigger companies are willing to play ball to set up shop locally. The health of the general population is tied directly to GDP. Healthier population, better GDP. If you like $$$, support universal healthcare. It's a good long term investment.

malvosenior 8y ago

> low risk individuals were made to share the cost of other insureds Yes, that's a huge part of the problem right there. If I'm healthy and work hard to be healthy, I have zero interest in paying for someone else's health problems. I have my own family to feed and we're talking about massive amounts of money that I get no direct benefit from.

komali2 8y ago
>massive amounts of money that I get no direct benefit from If your value system is "let the lepers die in the street," our value systems are so far removed from each other that the best thing we can do is respectfully not engage. But because we're both already here, and you seem to care a lot about money, maybe we should talk about money? Do you like living in a city, country, state with high GDP? This can improve the price of goods locally as your country has a stronger bargaining position in international trade agreements. This means higher paying jobs are available because bigger companies are willing to play ball to set up shop locally. The health of the general population is tied directly to GDP. Healthier population, better GDP. If you like $$$, support universal healthcare. It's a good long term investment.