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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,493 posts)
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 01:10 PM Monday

They're uninsured after Obamacare became too costly. They're far from alone.

Sugar Grove, North Carolina — Year after year, Ross and Rebecca Tobiassen saw their healthcare costs rise, having relied on the Affordable Care Act for federally subsidized health insurance since its start in 2014. Year after year, the couple in western North Carolina kept their coverage, believing the peace of mind was worth the cost.

But in December, that changed. The Tobiassens decided to cancel their insurance when Rebecca saw the cost of their monthly premiums would jump from $130 to more than $550.

"It makes no sense," she said. "It's not worth it anymore."

The couple own and are the only employees of a small auto shop just west of Appalachian State University in the North Carolina mountains. Rebecca worries about her husband, whose work as a mechanic can be dangerous. A spring once shot a metal ball joint into their garage wall like a gun. A heavy object crushed Ross' thumb. In 2020, Ross became mostly blind in one eye after repeatedly getting metal shards in it and developing an infection in his cornea.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/theyre-uninsured-obamacare-became-too-090009100.html

But think of all the billionaire tax breaks /s

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snot

(11,900 posts)
4. My annual premium for just one person
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 02:00 PM
Monday

reached $14,000/year before I qualified for Medicare.

I still think a public option would have been the best solution. It defies belief that private insurance, with its plethora of middlemen contractors and barriers to care, could actually deliver the same or better health outcomes at lower cost and still squeeze profits out for senior execs & shareholders; but if that's the argument, why not put it to the test by letting it compete against a public option?

MichMan

(17,566 posts)
8. People enrolled in Medicare have $200 a month deducted from their Social Security checks
Mon Jun 15, 2026, 11:44 PM
Monday

A couple would pay $400 a month.

FascismIsDeath

(296 posts)
9. Lets be clear, this is only happening because Trump and Republicans cut subsidies for healthcare, across the board.
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 12:59 AM
Yesterday

The ACA was always designed to be a malleable system. But you have to elect people that actually use that for good.

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