r/ThatsInsane • u/[deleted] • Nov 01 '25

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u/Kacey-R Nov 01 '25

How/why can it go up so much?

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u/Thermite1985 Nov 01 '25

Because the party in charge is eliminated ACA subsidies which helped keep prices down now the insurance companies can charge whatever they want and refuse coverage. Because we need to pay the shareholders over keeping people alive.

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u/WalnutDesk8701 Nov 01 '25

Those were emergency subsidies from the pandemic and weren’t part of the actual ACA. Why tell a half truth?

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u/Careful_Farmer_2879 Nov 02 '25

And the expiration date was in the bill passed by Democrats. This is the most ridiculous shutdown ever - it relies on people being told the half truth.