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ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year

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129 points geox | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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jasonthorsness ◴[18 Jul 25 13:54 UTC] No.44604677[source]▶
Does “ACA health insurance” classification used here include everyone who buys insurance on their own who are not employed by a large-enough company or on Medicare/medicaid?

The job-based insurance system in USA is so bogus.

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pitaj ◴[18 Jul 25 14:13 UTC] No.44604861[source]▶
Yep the biggest problem with the ACA was that it doubled down on health insurance as a benefit of employment, when it should have taken steps to transition everyone off of employer provided plans.
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lalaland1125 ◴[18 Jul 25 14:33 UTC] No.44605056[source]▶
It would be a political disaster to transition people off their employer plans.

The short term effect would be an increase in costs but no increase in pay for most people.

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1. JeremyNT ◴[18 Jul 25 17:21 UTC] No.44607392[source]▶
It was a political disaster to keep people on the status quo of employer provided coverage, which the ACA did.

There's no safe path for any of this, with such effective propagandists ready to slander whatever move you make.