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Intractable

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1. My current ACA plan is about $1200 /month.

Reply to Aviation Pro (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 01:06 PM

Oct 24

About $1000 of it is paid by the gov't.

The rest by me, and there are plenty of copays, deductibles, and things not covered.

The ACA mainlines money to the insurance companies.

Health insurance is not the same as healthcare.

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Question, do the health care subsidies go directly to insurance companies? [View all] Aviation Pro Oct 24 OP

My current ACA plan is about $1200 /month. Intractable Oct 24 #1

I had to use an ACA plan between the age of 61 and 65 GoodRaisin Oct 24 #3

Yes, it's basically the same "free-market solution" as RomneyCare was before it AZJonnie Oct 24 #2

It's really simple, probably 90% of ACA recipients wony JCMach1 Oct 24 #4