Current estimates of GOP health bill show some sticker shock with higher deductibles and co-pays. So just like many who have employer based insurance, every year somethings gotta change/rise – PB/TK
Gov’t Report: Healthcare Deductibles Higher Under GOP Bill – AP / June 15 2017
President Donald Trump promised to make health care more affordable but a government report finds that out-of-pocket costs — deductibles and copayments — would average 61 percent higher under the House Republican bill.
And even though the sticker price for premiums would be lower than under the Obama-era law, what consumers actually pay would edge up on average because government financial assistance would be curtailed.
The report from the Office of the Actuary, a nonpartisan economic unit at the Health and Human Services Department, was released earlier this week with little fanfare.
“It’s fascinating,” said Chris Sloan, a policy expert with the Avalere Health consulting firm. “They actually think that on average people will be paying more even though the underlying premium is less.”
Continue to newsmax.com article: http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/GOP-healthcare-overhaul-deductibles/2017/06/15/id/796172/
