| | | .it's the reason they are BRONZE plans...you want lower deductibles? buy a silver or better plan.
Silver??.....read the article idiot......Al.....no matter how bad things get, you will defend this crap......you are an idealogue.........any kind of reasonable discussion with you is impossible.......if you believe a $6500 deductible for a Silver Plan is in line.......just say so......if not, admit that things have deteriorated for the worse and the entire Obamacare act needs to be redone.
Low-end bronze plans have deductibles hitting $6,850 in 2016. Now insurers are hiking silver-plan deductibles as high as $6,500 as a way to keep a lid on premiums. The downside isn't just more out-of-pocket costs for patients; it also will have a ripple effect of reducing taxpayer subsidies for cheaper plans.
Take Indiana, where average premiums are set to rise just under 1% on average, tied for the lowest in the nation, according to ACASignups.net. The cheapest silver plan in Indianapolis will actually fall by 6%, but that doesn't necessarily mean customers will get a better deal.
This year's cheapest silver plan, from CareSource, has a $3,500 deductible. But in 2016 the cheapest plan, from Ambetter, will have a $6,500 deductible — an 86% jump. |
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