I Thought Obamacare Was Going to Lower Costs?

[HikerGuy83]

"Average Obamacare premiums are set to rise 30 percent, documents show


The price increases — affecting up to 17 million Americans who buy coverage on the federal marketplace — are by far the largest annual premium increases in recent years.



Premiums for the most popular types of plans sold on the federal health insurance marketplace Healthcare.gov will spike on average by 30 percent next year, according to final rates approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and shown in documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

The price increases — affecting up to 17 million Americans who buy coverage on the federal marketplace — are by far the largest annual premium increases in recent years. The higher premiums, along with the likely expiration of pandemic-era subsidies, mean millions of people will see their health insurance payments double or even triple in 2026.
The premium spikes arrive during a protracted and bitter congressional battle over health insurance costs that prompted a government shutdown since Oct. 1. Democrats have urged an extension of enhanced subsidies for plans sold through the Affordable Care Act to soften the blow of rising insurance costs, while Republicans have said the additional assistance was never meant to be permanent.

The spike in premiums will become visible to more Americans on Monday when the Trump administration is expected to open Healthcare.gov for window shopping to browse the price of plans ahead of the Nov. 1 start to open enrollment. A spokesman for CMS did not immediately return a request for comment."

https://archive.is/s1Y3r#selection-379.0-447.69

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/24/obamacare-premiums-rise-30-percent/

I thought Barack the Lightbringer was going to make healthcare affordable? All those Obama voters hitting their Hopium pipes better get a second job to pay for their healthcare.


Denzel put it best...

Nothing has been done on the cost side of healthcare. A bunch of inefficiencies still exit and are terrible.

 

[Nostra]

Still unaffordable?

 

[beagle9]

Still unaffordable?

Until the dollar gains back it's value somehow, otherwise one dollar is again equal to say one dollar and 80 cents in buying power, then nothing is truly affordable anymore for the average working class Americans in this country.

 

[Nostra]

Working folks still can't afford Barry's healthcare plan.

Sad.

 

[dblack]

This single overriding purpose of ACA was to cement insurance companies as quasi-public utilities. To ensure their profits by making them permanent middle-men in every single healthcare transaction. It's just herding the rubes for the benefit of K-Street.