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ihaveaquestion

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

Reply to RainCaster (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:16 AM

21 hrs ago

Many other countries have private insurance companies, but regulate them, subsidize them and generally use them to their people's advantage instead of letting the companies dictate the terms of their people's health.

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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 15 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 20 hrs ago #13

True but . . . RedArkGuy 10 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 12 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 14 hrs ago #19

Should I feel guilty? Intractable 14 hrs ago #20

Hell no!!! wolfie001 12 hrs ago #23

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

We are the ONLY country with private health insurance RainCaster 22 hrs ago #10

We are not the only country with private health insurance. ihaveaquestion 21 hrs ago #11

My retirement job (age 65 to 73) was at a call center rhiannon55 20 hrs ago #12

Cut out the bookies. Universal Medicare for all. Max out the risk pool. Marcuse 17 hrs ago #14

Thereby defeating the entire point of the AFFORDABLE Care Act. It never should have thrown a lifeline to private Karasu 17 hrs ago #15

It's already dead in Montana. MontanaMama 17 hrs ago #16

In Victorian Britain, at least there were homes for the poor wolfie001 13 hrs ago #22

Think of the shareholders and nothing else, except top management compensation. Meeting adjourned. twodogsbarking 16 hrs ago #17

Healthcare Execs need more yachts and 4th and 5th homes wolfie001 13 hrs ago #21

Are they so blind that they did not know how much revenue they were going to lose? phxjurist 8 hrs ago #26