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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by llamataboot on Friday May 03, 2019 @02:52PM (#19821196)
All of us with pre-existing conditions that couldn't buy insurance no matter the cost feel different of course, but you acknowledge that.

I'm interested in why you think ACA itself has made anything worse. Surely premiums have gotten worse, but it's not clear to me how it is nec linked to the ACA. (And it should be said that the insurance industry basically wrote large portions of the ACA, and arguably its weakest parts or because of that!)

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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by weberc2 on Friday May 03, 2019 @03:55PM (#19821697)
ACA requires insurers to cover pre-existing conditions. That's a cost that needs to be recovered, and most of that additional coverage comes by increasing premiums. Ergo, ACA increases premiums.
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