I did open the link and looked at the chart with 2 years of premiums compared
No, you
didn't open the ******* link because if you did, you'd see that 2017 was the first year they talk about.
So now that we've established you lied to me, can we also establish the truth behind your presumed employment situation? Because that sounds like you're improvising as you go.
Seems to me you didn't read your own link because this chart was very prevalent on the page and you will notice that the chart only has headings for 2016 and 2017
So as I said 2 years of Obammycare premiums being compared to each other. Meaningless as the entire article stops at 2014 AFTER Obammycare was passed yet you say it proves that premiums are going up less than before when there are no pre 2013 premiums listed
Change in monthly premiums and tax credits for a 40-year-old non-smoker making $30,000/year
State Major city Benchmark plan premium Tax credit
2016 2017 Change 2016 2017 Change
Alabama Birmingham $288 $492 71% $80 $285 256%
Alaska Anchorage $719 $904 26% $555 $741 33%
Arizona Phoenix $207 $507 145% $0 $300 N/A
Arkansas Little Rock $310 $314 1% $102 $107 4%
California Los Angeles $245 $258 5% $37 $51 38%
Colorado Denver $278 $313 12% $70 $106 51%
Connecticut Hartford $318 $404 27% $110 $196 79%
Delaware Wilmington $356 $423 19% $148 $216 46%
Florida Miami $262 $306 17% $54 $99 84%
Georgia Atlanta $254 $286 13% $46 $79 72%
Hawaii Honolulu $262 $347 32% $83 $169 104%
Idaho Boise $273 $348 27% $65 $141 117%
Illinois Chicago $198 $291 48% $0 $84 N/A
Indiana Indianapolis $298 $286 -4% $90 $79 -12%
Iowa Cedar Rapids $284 $301 6% $76 $94 25%
Kansas Wichita $248 $361 46% $40 $154 287%
Kentucky Louisville $223 $229 3% $15 $22 47%
Louisiana New Orleans $332 $373 13% $124 $166 34%
Maine Portland $288 $341 19% $80 $134 68%
Maryland Baltimore $249 $309 24% $41 $102 152%
Massachusetts Boston $250 $247 -1% $42 $40 -5%
Michigan Detroit $226 $237 5% $18 $29 65%
Minnesota Minneapolis $235 $366 55% $27 $159 481%
Mississippi Jackson $283 $352 25% $75 $145 95%
Missouri St Louis $287 $310 8% $79 $103 31%
Montana Billings $322 $425 32% $114 $218 92%
Nebraska Omaha $313 $368 18% $105 $161 54%
Nevada Las Vegas $261 $282 8% $53 $75 41%
New Hampshire Manchester $261 $267 2% $53 $60 14%
New Jersey Newark $330 $353 7% $122 $146 19%
New Mexico Albuquerque $186 $258 39% $0 $51 N/A
New York New York City $369 $456 24% $161 $249 55%
North Carolina Charlotte $409 $572 40% $201 $364 82%
North Dakota Fargo $304 $331 9% $96 $124 29%
Ohio Cleveland $234 $229 -2% $26 $22 -17%
Oklahoma Okla. City $295 $493 67% $87 $286 230%
Oregon Portland $261 $312 20% $53 $105 98%
Pennsylvania Philadelphia $276 $418 51% $68 $211 209%
Rhode Island Providence $263 $261 -1% $55 $54 -2%
South Carolina Columbia $314 $404 29% $106 $197 85%
South Dakota Sioux Falls $309 $448 45% $101 $241 138%
Tennessee Nashville $281 $419 49% $73 $212 192%
Texas Houston $256 $288 13% $48 $81 69%
Utah Salt Lake City $244 $292 20% $36 $85 139%
Vermont Burlington $468 $492 5% $260 $285 9%
Virginia Richmond $276 $296 7% $68 $89 31%
Washington Seattle $227 $238 5% $19 $31 62%
West Virginia Huntington $341 $419 23% $132 $212 60%
Wisconsin Milwaukee $326 $379 16% $117 $172 46%
Wyoming Cheyenne $426 $464 9% $218 $257 18%
Kaiser Family Foundation, "2017 Premium Changes and Insurer Participation in the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplaces"