Affordable Care Act Insurers Want More Premium Increases as Enrollment Sags

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

The ACA solidifies the hold insurance companies have over our healthcare. (It would have been much better with a public option.)

I have an ACA plan. It's fairly good for me, but expensive to administrate.

The total monthly premium for my middle-of-the-road "silver" plan for one person is about $1500.

I pay about $180 for the premium. The ACA pays more than $1300.

On top of that, for me, there are ample deductibles and co-pays. The prescription plan is so bad, I buy my scripts without it at costplusdrugs.com.

There's got to be a better way -- one that actually lowers the cost of providing medical care. The way it all works now, we need the ACA to help pay for our premiums. But, it's just throwing money at the problem.