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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by ameister14 on Friday May 03, 2019 @02:02PM (#19820709)
That's not really true, though. Costs as a % of GDP went down from '05-06 and went up slightly from '06-07.

In real numbers, in 2008-2009, the increase in overall cost per year was actually lower than in 2014-2015, when the exchanges opened.

You're right that the rate of growth in Medicare cost fell after the ACA passed, but that's much more specific than overall cost delta.

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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by JamesBarney on Friday May 03, 2019 @06:30PM (#19822831)
Something very relevant happened in 2008-2009.
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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by tptacek on Friday May 03, 2019 @07:11PM (#19823070)
It also impacted prices all the way into 2012, by moving people out of full-time employment and onto COBRA, and by reducing the number of young people on health insurance plans.
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