The Biggest Health-Care Price Spike in Decades Is Imminent -- And the Media Is Ignoring It

[B.See]

The Biggest Health-Care Price Spike in Decades Is Imminent — And the Media Is Ignoring It - Mediaite

A 60-year-old in Illinois making $65,000 a year will see their health insurance premium jump from $460 to $2,800 a month. Starting now.

A young worker earning $35,000 who paid $80 per month will now pay $300 per month. That’s groceries. That’s rent.

These examples, reported by the New York Times based on figures from KFF,  aren’t because hospitals suddenly cost more. Not because insurers got greedier. It’s because Congress let enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire—and millions of Americans are about to get the bill.

Health-care premiums are about to detonate — and we’re all staring at the wrong explosion. While Washington and the press corps are hypnotized by the 31-day government shutdown and... Donald Trump’s insistence that he has a “better, cheaper” health-care plan on an invisible clipboard, millions of Americans are about to learn what happens when political sabotage meets media inattention: they get a bill.

[Faux pas]

1. It really doesn't matter whether or not the media reports

that shit. The public will find out soon enough and then they can rise up against the chicken shit slacker media that kept them in the dark.

[Silent Type]

2. Don't know what media you watch, but it's over everything I watch and read. Right this moment SNAP is a bigger deal, but

not by much.

[B.See]

4. It's the title of the article. I've

seen coverage of it in certain outlets. But if what the author is saying is, it isn't receiving the coverage it should, I'd have to agree.

And the ending of SNAP benefits, as well as the shutdown and people not getting paid is the direct result of paid REPUBLICANS shutting down the House...

and for more reason than just healthcare I think.

Some might pooh pooh the harm that will result, but I guess we'll find out, won't we?

[W_HAMILTON]

9. It damn sure isn't being blanketed over all media like inflation and """crime""" were in recent years.

[AZJonnie]

3. Health care and health insurance are not the same thing and should not be used as interchangeable terms

And their premiums are not "about to detonate". The premiums will be close to what they have always been (I mean, they go up almost every year, but that's not about to suddenly change).

What recipients of the subsidies pay themselves, out of pocket, to cover those premiums is what is going to explode. Specifically, for those people getting the subsidies. For everyone else, there's not going to be anything but the normal, ever-slowly-increasing pattern we see every year. At least I've read no analysis showing that's not the case, but I could've missed the news

[B.See]

5. The Mediaite article I linked above

contains a link of its own, to the NY Times article it cites.

Here's a link:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/30/upshot/obamacare-subsidies-new-prices.html

[AZJonnie]

8. It's fine, it's just pet peeve I'm whinging about like I always do

I know our 'side' probably needs to simplify things for broader consumption and that the reich-wing is much better at doing so than we are and may be why they're having success selling their terrible ideas in contrast to our excellent, reality and fact-based ideas.

Still, imprecise presentation always gets on my nerves. I know it's a personal problem, and I didn't mean for it to sound like it was directed at you, I know you're only the messenger, friend

[B.See]

17. No problem. And, too

there's only so much information one can present. So I don't mind pointing the way to additional references.

[leftstreet]

6. Most people get insurance through employers

...or Medicare, SSI, Veterans Tricare, etc

It won't be until employee-based share of premiums cause people to rebel

[Prairie Gates]

11. I agree, but there are already substantial increases this year and certainly ballooning premiums next year

the ACA was also a scheme to subsidize insurers.

[leftstreet]

12. Yep, increases every year n/t

[Prairie Gates]

14. This year's increase is bigger than usual, maybe just for me

Next year's will be massive for everybody if the millions on the ACA dump the whole system. United Health Care's profits doubled since the ACA, at least. What happens when that money leaves the system?

[BannonsLiver]

7. Politico, the NYT, WaPo, broadcast network news etc are all tools of the regime.

And as tools of the regime they will either not cover or “both sides” anything that could be construed as negative to the regime. That’s why Trump’s dementia addled confusion in Japan was not covered at all.

[B.See]

13. I know what NYT is, but this particular article SUPPORTS

the op in showing the NEGATIVE impact to out of pocket costs to consumers due to Trump/MAGA's mean-spirited legislation and obstructionism.

If that were not the case I wouldn't have mentioned them.

[BannonsLiver]

18. They all suck IMO but thanks for the clarification.

[Prairie Gates]

10. Now, let's say you have employer health insurance

I just took a look at my open enrollment. Hoo wee. With millions of people about to abandon the plans, who do you think that's going to fall on? Part of the ACA was always to subsidize the actual insurance companies (which is why it is bad legislation, ultimately, relative to a single-payer system); that goes away, too. Are they going to eat the loss, or pass it on to employers and employees? They're already passing it on is the answer. And expect it to balloon in the 2026 open enrollment period if this doesn't get sorted.

[leftstreet]

15. If it's "unaffordable," you go to the markets

If I remember correctly? If employer insurance is deemed unaffordable (by some metric) you can access the ACA markets. And now that coverage isn't mandatory, a lot of people will just opt out. Seems kinda hmm....

[Prairie Gates]

16. Sounds like both employers and markets/ACA will be unaffordable

Tra la, the whole system will collapse because of greed, just like we always said...

[BigmanPigman]

19. Mine is going from $194 to $1,200 in 2026

That is 33% of my income after taxes and I live in Southern CA which is very expensive.

tRump's agenda is to bankrupt then kill is. I'm NOT joking!

[B.See]

20. That's pretty much confirming what the article is stating.

We wish it weren't so, but such is the MALEVOLENT nature of what Trump and his MAGA party are trying to do, dismissals to the contrary, notwithstanding.

CRUELTY IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEIR OBJECTIVE.

Thanks for putting into focus what's happening to REAL people, in REAL terms.

[BigmanPigman]

21. Team tRump are sadists (especially Miller).

[Cha]

22. The US corp "media" Needs to be CANCELLED..

see how they like the "ratings".

[B.See]

23. There are certainly a number of them

who should be at least avoided, imo, Cha.

As if kow-towing to Trump and MAGA ideology is going to gain them as many Fux "news" viewers as they'll LOSE in doing so.

NBC has cancelled their minority divisions, and I read some article in which a Black CBS executive claims all the personnel let go in his division were Black, and of efforts there to discourage reports critical of conservatives

There are a few bright spots still I think. In particular, World News Tonight With David Muir (ABC), that (imo) pulls relatively FEW punches when it comes to reports critical (and factual) re Trump's maladminístration.

[Cha]

24. Good on David Muir and World News

Tonight... Good to know at least one news org is Not bowing to the "emperor with no clothes".

I cancelled all my corp news in November 2002 and never looked back. I know from reading DU that it's now Fascism central.

It's not for everybody, though.