ACA premiums are literally taxes, the price you pay has nothing to do with your health risks.

You are paying more because a lot more healthcare is being delivered, to people who never used to either due to exceeding maximum benefits (we have the opposite today with out of pocket maximum), or being denied for pre existing health conditions.

So to answer:

>Who is it better for?

My 4 year old, who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars of cancer treatment, and will need a bunch more over the coming years.

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jonhohle a day ago | parent | next [-]

> ACA premiums are literally taxes, the price you pay has nothing to do with your health risks.

Then turn it into a tax and be done with it. I don't shop for my tax collector and I don't pay taxes to companies with the biggest buildings in the city. Companies that don't actually provide health care, but just collect their pound of flesh from patients and providers, driving up costs for everyone.

I'm glad your child has received care. I'm very much behind the idea that pre-existing conditions should not preclude anything from receiving _care_. I'm completely opposed to mandating a private 3ᴿᴰ party be between me and my provider.

	▲	lotsofpulp a day ago \| parent [-]
		>Then turn it into a tax and be done with it. Democrats tried, they did not get 60 votes in the Senate between Jan 2009 and Jun 2009. What we have is because at least 41 other legislators, including all Republicans, decided not to offer the US public this option, and since then Democrats have had nowhere near the numbers to enact any further reaching legislation, except the No Surprises Act in 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option

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pyronik19 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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