Re: Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: 'This will devastate us'

In <[email protected]> useapen wrote:
>
> Stacy Cox used one word repeatedly as she described how she felt after
> learning her ACA premium could jump over 300% without the enhanced tax
> credits: "devastating."
>
> "I don't know if I've ever cried opening a letter from an insurance or
> before, but it happened this time," she told ABC News.
>
> Cox's premium this year has been $495.32 for coverage for her and her
> husband. Without the credit in 2026, she was informed that it's increasing
> to $2,168.68.
>
> "It's devastating because we can't afford that," she said. "Just that bill
> right there, that's more than our mortgage, our insurance, most of our
> food. That's what we're paying per month to live. We can't afford to
> double what it costs for us to live just to have health insurance."
>
> "This will devastate us if we tried to pay it," she added.
>
> Millions across the country are discovering just how much their plans will
> cost as open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance plans began on
> Nov. 1. Enrollment lasts through Jan. 15, 2026.

Of course it's all Trump's fault that Obamacare was an underfunded piece of
crap legislation to begin with.

> https://abcnews.go.com/US/aca-obamacare-enrollment-begins-
> subsidies/story?id=127061178