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In reply to the discussion: Winning isn't everything as we have seen the last few years [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)Every year since the ACA was passed.
Yes, I know. It's not fully implemented. For-profit insurance companies were given YEARS to adjust. That's why my premiums and deductibles have INCREASED, and what is covered has decreased, every year since.
Not that they weren't doing so before; but since, at a much faster, higher rate.
I don't think that's going to change when, and if, the law is fully implemented. I don't think the insurance companies are going to come to me, hat in hand, and offer to decrease premiums and deductibles. After the premium, I can't afford the deductible to get actual care. My premium is double what my son's mortgage, including taxes and insurance is. And I don't get care unless it's an emergency, and then I go without for the rest of the year paying the damned bills.
Why? Because the profit is more important than the care. The ACA, regardless of its name, is not about care. It's about insurance, and insurance doesn't guarantee "affordable" care.