Now that the Supreme Court has once again upheld the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers in Washington and the states must get serious about fixing its flaws and addressing what one Obama administration official called “a huge mistake.”
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It’s good that the law enabled 21 million people to get health insurance but 30 million are still uninsured.
The other problem is that 40% of people with Obamacare insurance and 30% with coverage through employers can’t use it b/c of impossibly high out-of-pocket requirements.
The other problem is that 40% of people with Obamacare insurance and 30% with coverage through employers can’t use it b/c of impossibly high out-of-pocket requirements.
That’s the huge mistake that Zeke Emanuel, one of the architects of the law, acknowledged last year. Lawmakers should have known better than to trust health insurers and they should not have allowed the out-of-pocket limit to soar through the stratosphere.
56% of Americans have less than $5k in the bank, and 39% have less than $400 to cover an emergency.
How in the world can an insured family get the care they need when their coverage won’t even kick in until they’ve spent $17k out of their own pockets?
How in the world can an insured family get the care they need when their coverage won’t even kick in until they’ve spent $17k out of their own pockets?
That’s why more and more Americans are walking away from the pharmacy counter without their life-saving medications and why millions with insurance are begging for money on GoFundMe and are filing for bankruptcy because of bills their insurers won’t pay.
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