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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]per CBO: Trump ending subsidies increases premiums:

20% by 2018
25% by 2020

Deficit goes up $6b by 2018 and $21b by 2020,[/quote]
But premiums were going up at that rate anyway. [/quote]

At 20% a year??  Name the plan and state, please. [/quote]

Virginia. Mine went up 17% in July[/quote]

Just like America’s pricey waistline. [/quote]

Before Obamacare, we paid a total of 700/mo. Now that goal is 2700/mo[/quote]
I paid $400 for an individual plan before Obamacare, and now pay more than $800. But that's for a plan with twice the deductible. If I wanted a plan comparable to the $400 plan, it was $1080. Almost tripled in three years!

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Many supporters of Obamacare don't seem to realize that it has negatively affected millions of Americans' lives. While it helped some, it has absolutely hurt others. [/quote]
I have discovered that liberals in this area, with their $200k+ incomes, are oblivious to how difficult it is for a $50k earner to pay $800 a month in insurance. They seem to have divided people into two camps - the poor people who are entitled to 100% support - and everyone else, who can afford to make sacrifices in order to support themselves.[/quote]

I think this is a good point. Perhaps it's because they exist in a bubble where you don't tend to see a lot of lower middle class Americans. [/quote]
It's not just that they don't see a lot of lower-middle income Americans. They assume they everyone has plenty of money like they do. I remarked to my neighbor -a retired GS 15 who now has a big pension AND is contracting back with the government for more than he was earning as a fed - that my costs have skyrocketed and I now have to pay everything out-of-pocket for all my medical care. He snipped, "yeah, but YOU can afford it." and I wondered....how does he know what I can afford? I bought this condo 20 years ago when I was earning $60,000 a year. He is just assuming that I am an affluent person like himself, for whom a $3,000 unexpected medical bill means nothing. He did not know that I cancelled my vacation as a result of that unexpected expense, and I had too much pride to tell him. All he does is say how "WE" (he, who has a government medical plan) can afford to pay a bit more to make sure the poor get medical care for free.[/quote]

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