Middle-class Americans getting crushed by rising health insurance costs

So when she went to the doctor this spring with what she thought was a slight thyroid issue, and instead received a stage IV cancer recurrence diagnosis, she was terrified.Almost as scary was Macon's subsequent discovery: Her out-of-network deductible was $4,000.

According to a new report by The Commonwealth Fund, rising premium and deductibles contributions have outstripped wage growth over the past decade. More and more middle-class Americans are paying a greater percentage of earnings for health care. In Louisiana, middle-class workers faced spending an average of 15.9% of their income on premiums and deductibles. In Mississippi, the most burdened state in the nation, middle-class workers faced the potential of spending 16.9%.

"High deductibles can act as a financial barrier to care, discouraging people with modest incomes from getting services," Collins said.

And water is wet but the real question is how long will the American people put up with this and who are the politicians that allowed this to happen

MedicareForAll now!

Prayers are with her. If Bernie Sanders was president, she would no longer have to worry about health insurance.

Thank you former POTUS Obama.

Thanks Obama!

A keen sense of the obvious.

You have health insurance but not health care. thinkAboutIt

Duh, trump destroys ACA and has nothing to replace it and we are left holding the bills. Wake up America!

Hahaha NOT surprised, fake president trump creates distruction everywhere. No one in middle class is survivng health care costs👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

No shit.

No shit abc, this isn’t a trump thing is societal.

insurance profits increase every year?

Truly? Or is it more like 'No Shit!'

How is that tax bill working, lisamurkowski and SenatorCollins

Hell I probably won't have insurance next year. Disabled and over 50. All the insurance companies do is lower coverage and raise premiums. Just to jack up the copays, and your part of the charge. Is that moving backwards or what? corruption

Everyone knows this

Uh. Anyone could have told you that

But 45 promised better, cheaper h/c.

Thanks Obama!

And what’s changed in the last 20 years, nothing. This Health Insurance crap will sooner or later crush every family in the country, Enjoy the most expensive healthcare in the world as it bankrupts one family after another. Maybe Mr. Trump will fix it for you.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you ObamaCare

Americans better get use because for profit insurance will continue to shift more cost to the individual

Could it be that 'Trickle Down' doesn't REALLY work?

Duh.

Thats why people need to vote for BernieSanders

And the sky is blue. Just had to ask anyone on the street.

Gotta love TrumpCare.

MAGA !!! lawls

😂 This has been common knowledge for...oh...20 years! Glad the number crunchers at The Fund figured it out. 🤓

Litigation =$$$$$=Increased cost for EVERYTHING!!!

No kidding

Because Obamacare did not go far enough. Our medical system has been abused by pharmaceutical and medical supply companies in the name of free hand Capitolism. The one place confirmed it does not work.

Thanks to Barack Obama, the master of the destruction of healthcare as we once knew it.

Yeah Obama crushed us.. Any news on your Epstein cover up?

We need Medicare4All

Get completely rid of Obamacare, stop limiting the number of medical school entrants, use technology for complete transparency on quality of care or costs, no state borders for ins companies, all policies are individual not employer funded, let the free market work.

go away write an article about how the hospital charges people different based on what insurance they have (to maximize the amount) and we would be interested until the 'sliding scale' of rates is addressed you will never get or succeed with 'universal' healthcare

Health care insurance solution:

Also, ABC News protected the worst pedophile ever. EpsteinCoverUp

DUH

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