I always come back to my experience.
I have a family of four, I'm older at 61 wife is 57, age creates higher prices.
I'm paying $8,800 a year for a BCBS policy $10,000 deductible and Max Out Of Pocket.
I pay $10,000 and I'm done, the rest is covered.
I just looked up prices on healthcare.gov.
The Obama plans are;
A middle Bronze plan is $17,304, with a $12,700 deductible.
The low end Silver plan is $20,040, with a $13,000 deductible.
The high end Silver is $31,788 with a $10,000 deductible and $13,777 OOP.
They start at 2 times the cost of my private policy.
The taxpayer provided subsidy is what allows people to buy the government policy,
In my case I put in $80,000 as my income, this produces a subsidy of $13,440.
I think this is a joke, they have inflated policy prices but then take money from
hardworking taxpayers to give to someone makeing $80,000.
It's joke, but it not funny!