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Miles Archer

(21,821 posts)
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 12:08 PM Dec 12

Dallas musician "hoping for a miracle" as his ACA premium faces a 445% monthly price hike

OTHER THAN gerrymandering and other assorted dirty tricks, I don't have a CLUE as to HOW Republicans think they're going to win in the midterms by pulling this shit. And YES...I am AWARE of how many "red state voters" will BELIEVE them when they BLAME IT ALL on Joe Biden.

Jeff Liles is hoping for a miracle.

Last week, Liles, a backbone of Dallas’ music scene, sat down to complete his annual open enrollment for federal health insurance coverage and found himself staring down the barrel of a 445% monthly price hike. He’d known about the ongoing debates in D.C. regarding the Affordable Care Act, the federal program that guarantees him access to coverage, and he’d begrudgingly expected his monthly health insurance payment to double as a result.

Instead, the system’s estimate took his monthly premium from $440 to $2,400.

“I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do right now,” Liles said, adding that the new amount costs more than his monthly rent.

https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-music-scene-braces-as-aca-subsidies-expire-40625026/
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Dallas musician "hoping for a miracle" as his ACA premium faces a 445% monthly price hike (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 12 OP
Millions will lose coverage dalton99a Dec 12 #1
Republicans and their broligarchy "Die you useless eater" underpants Dec 12 #2
He can do a "health savings account" UpInArms Dec 12 #3
If we're going to go down this road, make all health insurance illegal. The Madcap Dec 12 #4
On social media, many are facing this decision...pay 1000s per month for insurance or "self insure" BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 12 #5
A traveling nurse I work with found out hers is going up $15,600 annually. Maru Kitteh Dec 12 #6

UpInArms

(54,097 posts)
3. He can do a "health savings account"
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 12:19 PM
Dec 12

and put his $440 in that every month …

Sure hope he stays healthy

The Madcap

(1,758 posts)
4. If we're going to go down this road, make all health insurance illegal.
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 01:19 PM
Dec 12

Let market forces lower the costs (and kill us all in the slow process).

Obviously, I'm not serious. But this would be the typical R plan.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,892 posts)
5. On social media, many are facing this decision...pay 1000s per month for insurance or "self insure"
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 01:24 PM
Dec 12
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