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Re:Affordable Care by kobeya on Friday January 13, 2017 @01:37PM (#13393310)
And there are hundreds of millions of people who have seen their premiums and health care costs go up.
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Re:Affordable Care by ceejayoz on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:03PM (#13394689)
As they did every year, pre- and post-ACA.
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Re:Affordable Care by kobeya on Friday January 13, 2017 @05:29PM (#13395354)
Excuse me, "go up by a larger factor year-over-year than had previously been the norm."
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Re:Affordable Care by ceejayoz on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:08PM (#13395600)
Because they started lower, apparently.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/19/skyro...

> A new analysis from the Urban Institute found that the average unsubsidized premiums in the Affordable Care Act exchanges, commonly known as Obamacare, are actually 10 percent lower than the full premiums in the average employer plan nationally in 2016.

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Re:Affordable Care by kmicklas on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:03PM (#13395576)
That's not even true.
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