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Marketplace plans became unaffordable for me years ago. The first year of ACA was great, but the plans were more expensive and covered less every year.
I think I paid $35 a month that year. After the first year of Covid, the most similar plan that was offered was something like $600 a month.
I'm wondering if Farm Bureau plans are going to rise dramatically as well, despite not being connected to the ACA.
I looked into ACA plans once after a layoff about a decade ago. Fucking COBRA was cheaper, so I've never taken another look.
ACA plans only seem to offer a significant amount of help if you're employed, or somehow otherwise have a decent monthly income. If you're unemployed, they're absolutely unaffordable. They seem to want/expect people with no income to use state benefits.
Yep, my premiums went up 20% on the same plan from the same provider.
Thanks republicans.
Oh, come on ... everyone knows that any societal concerns in 2025 are still Obama's fault. How dare you blame the people currently in power for current events?
I bet it was that fucking tan suit. Mother fucker.
They're still salty that he was allowed on golf courses.
And allowed to use the same water fountains, and allowed to not pick cotton...
People are very understandably angry and outraged about the White House being wrecked. This health care problem is going to hit average Americans in the one place they actually care the most about: their pocketbooks.
It's tragic we have to do things the hard way every single time, but I am mildly optimistic that the admin continuously doubling-down on reckless stupidity will finally "wake the giant" (as Robert Reich put it) and the public will truly turn on 47 and his goons.
If you want riots, I can't really think of a more effective one-two punch than taking away SNAP and putting insurance out of reach. The knock-on effects are going to be interesting, though. The line will definitely go down for Walmart.
And we both know riots are exactly what they want. Riots=>insurrection act=>total control.
Simple as.
I've already seen the line for the local food bank. It was a quarter mile long. It wasn't that bad during COVID.