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flvegan

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4. Look, it costs a lot of money to plaster their names on stadiums and

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 07:37 AM

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pay CEOs *checks notes* (shit, that's a lot of money) that much. Plus, do you know how much it costs to train AI to deny your claims?

Won't someone PLEASE think of the poor health insurance companies.

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Affordable Care Act Insurers Want More Premium Increases as Enrollment Sags [View all] riversedge Yesterday OP

Of course they do,not a surprise. Keep gutting the ACA slowly and it will DIE Bengus81 Yesterday #1

rs have been gutting things slowly for years and hope they die AllaN01Bear 22 hrs ago #18

Yes, well that makes sense. Biophilic Yesterday #2

Why do they even call it insurance? It is just robbery without a mask. twodogsbarking Yesterday #3

Look, it costs a lot of money to plaster their names on stadiums and flvegan Yesterday #4

Gee no one saw this coming. mdbl Yesterday #5

The expiration date of the temporary additional covid era subsidies was written into it when it was passed in 2021. MichMan Yesterday #13

True but . . . RedArkGuy 17 hrs ago #25

Um... lonely bird Yesterday #6

As premiums rise, healthier people tend to drop their coverage, leaving the insurance pool sicker on average progree Yesterday #7

And then the "healthy people" make that one trip to the ER wolfie001 19 hrs ago #24

In its current form, the ACA is a very expensive program that mainlines money to insurance companies. Intractable Yesterday #8

"I pay about $180 for the premium. The ACA pays more than $1300" MichMan 20 hrs ago #19

Should I feel guilty? Intractable 20 hrs ago #20

Hell no!!! wolfie001 19 hrs ago #23

But, it is called the "Affordable" Care Act MichMan Yesterday #9

We are the ONLY country with private health insurance RainCaster Yesterday #10

We are not the only country with private health insurance. ihaveaquestion Yesterday #11

My retirement job (age 65 to 73) was at a call center rhiannon55 Yesterday #12

Cut out the bookies. Universal Medicare for all. Max out the risk pool. Marcuse Yesterday #14

Thereby defeating the entire point of the AFFORDABLE Care Act. It never should have thrown a lifeline to private Karasu Yesterday #15

It's already dead in Montana. MontanaMama Yesterday #16

In Victorian Britain, at least there were homes for the poor wolfie001 19 hrs ago #22

Think of the shareholders and nothing else, except top management compensation. Meeting adjourned. twodogsbarking 22 hrs ago #17

Healthcare Execs need more yachts and 4th and 5th homes wolfie001 19 hrs ago #21

Are they so blind that they did not know how much revenue they were going to lose? phxjurist 14 hrs ago #26