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wolfie001

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22. In Victorian Britain, at least there were homes for the poor

Reply to MontanaMama (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 08:04 PM

8 hrs ago

This is WAY WORSE!!! Plus, the up-and-coming nazism. Hoping for a change but the electoral system and the Supremist Court is stacked against poor and middle-class Americans.

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Affordable Care Act Insurers Want More Premium Increases as Enrollment Sags [View all] riversedge 20 hrs ago OP

Of course they do,not a surprise. Keep gutting the ACA slowly and it will DIE Bengus81 20 hrs ago #1

rs have been gutting things slowly for years and hope they die AllaN01Bear 10 hrs ago #18

Yes, well that makes sense. Biophilic 20 hrs ago #2

Why do they even call it insurance? It is just robbery without a mask. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #3

Look, it costs a lot of money to plaster their names on stadiums and flvegan 20 hrs ago #4

Gee no one saw this coming. mdbl 20 hrs ago #5

The expiration date of the temporary additional covid era subsidies was written into it when it was passed in 2021. MichMan 15 hrs ago #13

True but . . . RedArkGuy 6 hrs ago #25

Um... lonely bird 19 hrs ago #6

As premiums rise, healthier people tend to drop their coverage, leaving the insurance pool sicker on average progree 19 hrs ago #7

And then the "healthy people" make that one trip to the ER wolfie001 7 hrs ago #24

In its current form, the ACA is a very expensive program that mainlines money to insurance companies. Intractable 19 hrs ago #8

"I pay about $180 for the premium. The ACA pays more than $1300" MichMan 9 hrs ago #19

Should I feel guilty? Intractable 9 hrs ago #20

Hell no!!! wolfie001 8 hrs ago #23

But, it is called the "Affordable" Care Act MichMan 19 hrs ago #9

We are the ONLY country with private health insurance RainCaster 17 hrs ago #10

We are not the only country with private health insurance. ihaveaquestion 16 hrs ago #11

My retirement job (age 65 to 73) was at a call center rhiannon55 15 hrs ago #12

Cut out the bookies. Universal Medicare for all. Max out the risk pool. Marcuse 12 hrs ago #14

Thereby defeating the entire point of the AFFORDABLE Care Act. It never should have thrown a lifeline to private Karasu 12 hrs ago #15

It's already dead in Montana. MontanaMama 12 hrs ago #16

In Victorian Britain, at least there were homes for the poor wolfie001 8 hrs ago #22

Think of the shareholders and nothing else, except top management compensation. Meeting adjourned. twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #17

Healthcare Execs need more yachts and 4th and 5th homes wolfie001 8 hrs ago #21

Are they so blind that they did not know how much revenue they were going to lose? phxjurist 3 hrs ago #26