Most Americans can expect to pay significantly more each month for health insurance next year, whether they get it through work, the Affordable Care Act or Medicare. In some cases, the premium increases may be the largest in decades and are driven by numerous economic pressures. But they won’t look the same for everyone. Some will pay more in the form of higher copays or deductibles.

“Healthcare costs are going up faster than they have in years, and open enrollment is when the healthcare affordability crisis is really going to hit home for people,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a nonpartisan research group. “That’s true for whatever kind of insurance you have.”

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[–] 30 points 1 day ago (1 child)

I would like to say I am angry, frustrated, confused...things need to change. How do I fucking protest harder? I write, I call, I try to show up...the gods themselves wouldn't impose the fucking wothlessness I feel as a human in this system

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago

    They try so hard to keep us down with relentless fascist propaganda that said "nothing you do is worth it" "you're the only one that feels this way" "both sides, so why bother" etc etc etc etc

    It takes enough of us to get up and change the system. Hell, if all of the people who sit on the sidelines just voted, we could have supermajorities - of course, have to then fix the problem of the oligarchs, who control centrist Dems along with Republicans, but it's a battle we could actually fight.

    The main thing that you can actually do is support when good things happen - like this recent surge of DSA. DSA might not be the perfect answer, but it's a pretty progressive thing.

    The most important thing is to not give up - and the VERY most important thing is to do your best to live your life as best as you can, meaning taking care of yourself as best as you can. This is the only life we get, and that sucks. But there is only so much one human can do. If it all feels overwhelming, just remember to balance the outrage and depression with just making it through the day. <3

    I'm with you, mind: I'm started dialysis in my 40s, have had seven heart attacks, below-knee amputation..... and it's because my ADHD wasn't diagnosed until age 30 so when I got diabetes around that time, I had no insurance and was unmanaged for a decade. So my life is going to be a couple of decades shorter, and I'll be surprised to see my 60th birthday in a few years. Fuck fascists for taking that from me and making my life hell. But on a day-to-day basis I try to find joy where I can, make people laugh, make the world a very very slightly better place in the little way that I can. So: Take care of yourself.

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