American Health Care Act premium for 40 year old: Los Angeles $650/yearly, Rural Republican Nebraska $6,150 (death, Obama)
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Looks like the Republicans in Western Nebraska, Alaska and Wyoming will be paying top dollar for health-care as opposed to people in Los Angeles and Boston who will pay the price of a cup of coffee per day for health-care.
Los Angeles for example with so many young people on health exchanges in California and the risk so spread out will only pay $650 a year for a 40 year old making $50,000 a year.
In the Boston suburbs according to the map, 40 year olds would pay $390 a year for coverage.
In many of the counties in Western Nebraska they are expected to pay $6,150 under Republicans American Health Care Act.
I wonder if rural Nebraskans will enjoy paying paying 8 times as much as Maxine Waters Los Angeles and 15 times more then Elizabeths Warren's Massachusetts.
Many of these hospitals are also run-down old-dumps in rural America. People in Los Angeles have Cedar-Sanai and Bostonians have world-class hospitals a dime a dozen.
The population is also aging big time out there also so the premium for a 60 year old in Republican Western Nebraska would be $20,000, compared to about $6,400 in Los Angeles.
It's sad, but the adversely affected locales were mostly the ones who voted for politicians who would let this happen, so...they're getting what they wanted, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And that's assuming they will even have access to quality care. Rural hospitals are largely dependent on Medicaid reimbursements to keep to doors open. Closures and cutbacks were problems prior to the ACA, but this Republican bill will decimate rural healthcare service.
And that's assuming they will even have access to quality care. Rural hospitals are largely dependent on Medicaid reimbursements to keep to doors open. Closures and cutbacks were problems prior to the ACA, but this Republican bill will decimate rural healthcare service.
I count my lucky stars that me and my family live in California where we have access to affordable quality healthcare.
I say the same thing about living in New York
I've noticed a recurring theme with posters complaining about Obamacare. They all live in either rural states that likely had very limited options to begin with (low population = small market), or they live in Republican dominated states that refused to accept the additional Medicaid funding. Their governors and state legislatures played politics with the well being of the very people who elected them. That's despicable.
And that's assuming they will even have access to quality care. Rural hospitals are largely dependent on Medicaid reimbursements to keep to doors open. Closures and cutbacks were problems prior to the ACA, but this Republican bill will decimate rural healthcare service.
Pretty much.
Why is rural health insurance so high? Is it because of the health situations/claims of rural folks?
I've noticed a recurring theme with posters complaining about Obamacare. They all live in either rural states that likely had very limited options to begin with (low population = small market), or they live in Republican dominated states that refused to accept the additional Medicaid funding. Their governors and state legislatures played politics with the well being of the very people who elected them. That's despicable.
I made that observation weeks ago too. Where's this $1000 plan with $10k deductible? Not in my region, lol! This is what happens when you shrink insurance pools. The bigger the pool, the lower the price. Which is why we need Medicare for all
Why is rural health insurance so high? Is it because of the health situations/claims of rural folks?
I'm gonna take a stab at it and say it's probably due to the much smaller insurance pool, and probably higher incidence of sick folks. Smoking and drinking are very prevalent among the rural population, and they don't have healthy middle class suburban consumers to subsidize their insurance pool
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