Reply #74: My husband has a $10k deductible AND $1200 per month premium.

[riderinthestorm]

Yup, $15k in premiums annually, AND a $10k deductible. We pay out the ass for tests and meds as well for him. It's funny because for decades we had a much lower premium and deductible even as he's been a professional athlete in a high risk sport (relatively injury free, knock on wood).

But then he came up with stage IV, grade IV lymphoma... it's in remission now but we are slammed for health insurance. Can't live without it - his bills (that we would have had to pay already if we didn't have insurance) are well up over a million dollars for his treatment. When/if he relapses, he's in for a stem cell transplant - easily another million.

Glenn's story is compelling but for too many, it's utterly unavailable.