Deductibles Rising, Rising, Rising
23rd September 2015
Even as the White House continues to focus on the raw number of insured Americans in the lead-up to the next ACA sign-up period, the evidence continues to mount that the fundamental dynamics of U.S. health care are still hitting Americans where it hurts: the pocketbook. A new study show that costs are rising across the system, not especially dramatically, but consistently, making care more unaffordable year by year.
Like most recent legislation, the name of the law is precisely the opposite of what it winds up doing. No Child Left Behind is more accurately No Child Gets Ahead, and the Affordable Care Act is (wait for it) giving us care that isn’t affordable.