cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/29676368
A 28-year-old person in Orange County who earns $35,000 a year will see the monthly cost of the typical silver-tier plan rise from $130 to $290, according to estimates from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. The typical family of four with a household income of $85,000 would see their monthly cost go from $489 to $901.
These increases are happening in order to pay for Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthy.
People dependent on the ACA/Obamacare marketplaces are typically less wealthy than the local median. Florida household median income by family size is:
- 1 person - $65,801
- 2 people - $81,109
- 3 people - $93,983
- 4 people - $107,712
Almost like the GOP cuts to the ACA would have kicked in and kept costs down - at least that would be the perspective of paying people until they tried to use their insurance and find out most things aren’t covered because the GOP destroyed healthcare.
The shutdown exposed the cynical idea that people don’t pay attention until they need to so fuck them over in private and let them figure it out when it’s too late.