irstupid said:
Megiddo said:
Unfortunately about half the population of the US enjoys being anally reamed by the high costs of private healthcare. Must be something in the water, or maybe they like the feeling of wasted spending.
Anyway, thankfully the Republican base is literally dying away and as long as Democrats can keep the corporatists from holding the reins to the party (they haven't managed it yet but who knows) then there may actually be a little bit of hope for the United States joining the rest of the world in the most fiscally efficient method of healthcare which will guarantee it to all US citizens like practically every other country in the world.
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Since the AIA, mine, and everyone I knows premiums have all gone up by at least 50% at the minimum.
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Unfortunately for you there is large-scale data that completely refutes this anecdote. According to Kaiser Family data, premiums were increasing at an average of 6-7% per year in the US during the 1990s and 2000s. However in the 2010s, after the ACA was enacted, premiums have increased on average of 3%.
So despite whatever back-asswords inkling you might have in your head, the ACA has lowered the growth of premiums by half of their prior pace and healthcare spending in general has slowed from its prior pace as well.
