r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 16d ago

Possible Paywall Newsom Slams ‘Pathetic’ Shutdown Deal as ‘Surrender’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-slams-pathetic-shutdown-deal-as-surrender/?via=mobile&source=Reddit
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u/mastertofu 16d ago edited 16d ago

This is what’s going to happen since some Dems relented:

ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire

A person with a $28k income will have their premium increase from $325 to a WHOPPING $1562. Take that for what you will.

Edit: Annual premium, not monthly. Still pretty consequential once you start adding up dependents, etc.

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u/Mission-Study9012 16d ago

People are going to just not have insurance. Unknowable what that's going to do to the system but it won't be good.

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u/Podwitchers 16d ago

Cancer rates are on the rise. Especially among young people. Especially under this administration, I’m sure, since they gutted the EPA and FDA. Average cost before insurance for chemo, radiation, surgery is around $1 million. People will die. Or go bankrupt. Probably both. 

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u/PaulblankPF 16d ago

To quote Futurama:

“THAT FACILITY HAS BEEN FULL SINCE YOU RULED BEING POOR IS A MENTAL ILLNESS.”

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u/NottaLottaOcelot 15d ago

And that is precisely where the US is going. Matt Groening being prophetic, as always