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Baobab

(4,667 posts)
Tue May 24, 2016, 01:03 AM May 2016

ACA - Growing dissatisfaction with higher premiums and greater cost-sharing

Growing dissatisfaction with higher premiums and greater cost-sharing

http://pnhp.org/blog/2016/05/20/growing-dissatisfaction-with-higher-premiums-and-greater-cost-sharing/

Today’s report confirms the growing dissatisfaction with higher premiums and greater cost-sharing of not only ACA-compliant non-group plans but also employer-sponsored group plans as well. The share saying that they feel vulnerable to high medical bills has increased to 45 percent for non-group enrollees and 36 percent for those with employer coverage.

One of the most important functions of health insurance is to provide financial security in the face on medical need. In spite of the Affordable Care Act, that security is deteriorating.

The burden of insurance premiums could be greatly reduced by financing the system through equitable taxes based on the ability to pay. The burden of cost sharing could be greatly reduced by adopting a philosophy of pre-paid health care which has worked well in certain integrated health systems and in the health financing systems of many other nations.

Instead of erecting financial barriers to care, cost containment can be achieved through patient-friendly policies characteristic of a well designed single payer system. Let’s change direction.
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ACA - Growing dissatisfaction with higher premiums and greater cost-sharing (Original Post) Baobab May 2016 OP
kick 840high May 2016 #1
I wish that the Hillary campaign was willing to address this passiveporcupine May 2016 #2
They have. They are going to make it worse. Doctor_J May 2016 #4
Wow. Sure didn't see this coming. *sarcasm* Gene Debs May 2016 #3
Ya, none of us saw it coming! Hydra May 2016 #5
It's apparently unimportant enough to the powers that be that the less affluent die from their JudyM May 2016 #6
14 years difference Baobab May 2016 #7
Ooph, really!? JudyM May 2016 #8
 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
4. They have. They are going to make it worse.
Tue May 24, 2016, 08:02 AM
May 2016

"Expand Obamacare". "The US will never, ever have single payer healthcare".

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
5. Ya, none of us saw it coming!
Tue May 24, 2016, 10:11 AM
May 2016

Keep cheering! It was the best they could do! Insurance companies needed bailing out too!

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
6. It's apparently unimportant enough to the powers that be that the less affluent die from their
Tue May 24, 2016, 11:31 AM
May 2016

illnesses at a greater rate.

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