Most Americans can expect to pay significantly more each month for health insurance next year, whether they get it through work, the Affordable Care Act or Medicare. In some cases, the premium increases may be the largest in decades and are driven by numerous economic pressures. But they won’t look the same for everyone. Some will pay more in the form of higher copays or deductibles.
“Healthcare costs are going up faster than they have in years, and open enrollment is when the healthcare affordability crisis is really going to hit home for people,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a nonpartisan research group. “That’s true for whatever kind of insurance you have.”
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Universal healthcare is a centrist position in every functioning country. It’s not radical. We live in a fascist shithole
It is truly a measure of how right-wing the US actually is, frustratingly. And how good (or at least pervasive) the fucking fascist propaganda for decades has been.
I think it’s also a sign of how bad our economy is and how much it is and will be propped up by medical middlemen.