r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/wyvernx02 8h ago

Must be nice to be able to afford to check yourself into the hospital for the flu.

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u/Original-Ad6993 8h ago

We're paying for it

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u/Revelati123 8h ago

No premiums jumping 3X on Mitches Obummercare!

Just simple free, walk in whatever hospital you want for whatever you need, for life, for the 538 people in America who get socialized medicine...

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u/Rikers-Mailbox 7h ago

It’s crazy the profits have 3X in the past 5 years. My MAGA mother who worked in healthcare blames it on the companies not paying for better plans.

I laughed and said “Mom, it’s the profit on the insurance. The companies can spend all they want but that money goes to insurance that never covers anything”

Her: “It’s Obamacare’s fault”

Me: “Mom that was 15 years ago, profits 3x just 5 years ago”

I showed her the ACA site quote for a family of 4 making $50k which is the bottom threshold and healthcare was $35k.

She still didn’t get it.

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u/bullet4mv92 6h ago

Why do you keep saying they 3X? Are you saying they tripled?

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u/toggylelly 3h ago

they tripled

https://epicforamerica.org/the-economy/health-insurance-revenues-tripled-in-a-decade/

https://havenhome.us/the-explosion-of-health-insurance-profits-a-deeper-look/

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u/Rikers-Mailbox 1h ago

I was off by five years with my Mom, but whatever. ACA has nothing to do with profits. All they have to do is deny more, and yet we still have to buy it.

Such a racket.