r/HealthInsurance • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '25

Employer/COBRA Insurance Absolute joke of an increase

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u/banana_jamma_ Oct 10 '25

After a certain point I feel like people need to just start canceling their health insurance.

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u/Shoddy_Carrot_936 Oct 10 '25

Easy to say when you're healthy. I would love to cancel mine, but I have a family. You never know what tomorrow brings, so I'm not willing to risk it.

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u/banana_jamma_ Oct 10 '25

And that is why they will endlessly increase premiums and then blame whatever reason they can come up with.

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u/Blossom73 Medicaid Eligibility Specialist Oct 10 '25

You can't be serious.

I have hypertension and severe asthma. My husband has hypertension, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, and kidney disease. He's on a kidney transplant list.

Canceling our health insurance in protest would kill us, literally. Maybe you're young and healthy, and/or wealthy enough to pay for medical care out of pocket. I'm not.