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Strategies & Market Trends : Young and Older Folk Portfolio

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To: QTI on SI who wrote (21832)11/2/2025 11:25:12 PM
From: macbolan  Read Replies (2) of 23248
 
RE: My health insurance premium went up by $144/mo for 2026

We get our health insurance thru Covered CA (ACA) and it's with Blueshield of California. Two years ago it went up 400 bucks for 3 of us. A year ago it went up 500 bucks. This year it went up 400 bucks. That's 1300 bucks in 3 years.

This year because of the desire in DC to eliminate the Premium Tax Credit (some folks call this a subsidy...and yeah I guess it is, a subsidy to help me afford Health Insurance which goes directly to the Health Insurance Companies...don't get me started on that.)

We were paying 1800-2100 bucks per month the past 3 years. This year because the Premium Tax Credit is not there, our health insurance for the two of us (our youngest daughter aged off) is going up to around $3800 bucks PER MONTH. If that aint nuts I don't know what is. I currently have the Silver 73 plan. If I back off to the Bronze plan it's still $3000 per month.

I'm still holding out hope that the PTC will get re-instated...I guess those who have health care provided for them don't want to see tax payer money used for it...I get it. But it sure helped us afford health care.

Two more years for me till Medicare.
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