I reached a mild stone December 1st. I went off Obamacare or if you want to use the real name, The Affordable Care Act ( ACA ). I spent five years of being a burden to the taxpayer. My case it was five years of low premiums out of my pocket. From a low of $16.00 a month to a high of $360.00 a month. At one time it covered the four of us. Wife, daughter, son, and myself. I saved a ton of money that on the surface sounds good. Before Obamacare my deductible went from $1,500 to $2,500 to $5,000 if I would have stayed off Obama care. Premiums went from $400.00 to almost $800.00 over three years. So much for keeping my own insurance.
I would have been happy to stay on my plan and pay on average of 10% price increases yearly. Obamacare denied me that luxury. So I made the move to a plan that I cursed for five years. You can say I was a ward of the state. My payments were low. But you the taxpayer? Paid anywhere from $1,100.00 to $1,600 a month so I could get low payments and high deductibles. Yearly the low for my family deductible was $1,500.00 to a high of $16,000. Those included out of pocket. So you the taxpayer paid $78,000 of my premiums over five years. I paid $12,000. What this doesn't include. Now the government gives the insurance companies an additional $55 billion to help cover their losses. So I paid $12,000 you the taxpayer paid $78,000. Did I tell you that you paid over a million dollars of my medical bills? That's going to be part 2.
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