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zipplewrath

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9. The government is

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 11:18 AM

Jun 2016

Individuals are paying more. The government (through medicare and Medicaid payments) and the insurance companies are paying less, but individuals are seeing higher copays, deductibles and premiums. And really these "savings" are "costs went up less than we predicted". Prices haven't actually gone down. The rate of inflation of health CARE costs is still higher than general inflation, not to mention wage growth. And we still pay whole integer multiples more (on the order of 3 - 7 times more) than industrialized countries with government run health care systems.

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The US is spending trillions less on health care — and uninsured rates are at an all-time low [View all] Sgent Jun 2016 OP

I'm still waiting for the rollout of the grades for healthcare providers. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

Michael Moore: Obamacare sends over $100 billion annually to insurers SouthernDemLinda Jun 2016 #17

Trillions less than 'projected' leftstreet Jun 2016 #2

On health care or health insurance? LWolf Jun 2016 #3

This. +100,000 Gene Debs Jun 2016 #19

+100,001 840high Jun 2016 #20

Trillions less? bonemachine Jun 2016 #4

Quote from article: Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #5

This is a great quote ... aggiesal Jun 2016 #13

My Wife Is a Consultant SDJay Jun 2016 #6

Honestly Old Codger Jun 2016 #7

The ACA has been an interesting little dead end! HenryWallace Jun 2016 #8

Well... RiverNoord Jun 2016 #15

I'm glad to hear this. Thanks. spooky3 Jun 2016 #14

The government is zipplewrath Jun 2016 #9

For me -- five hundred dollars per month less than before. byronius Jun 2016 #10

One of the few zipplewrath Jun 2016 #11

Three years with no increase on my employee-sponsored plan bhikkhu Jun 2016 #16

My 10 to 20% annual increases have dropped to 1 or 2% Midnight Writer Jun 2016 #18

One of the few zipplewrath Jun 2016 #21

Less health spending is good news for budgets — not so much for consumers AntiBank Jun 2016 #12