Vox is trying to figure out what possibly could have happened in the last 10 years to affect insurance deductibles like this?
Just a decade ago, the average American with employer-sponsored coverage had a deductible of $303.
Flash forward just one decade, and that number now sits at $1,350. https://t.co/K72AyFLx2b
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 7, 2018
Can you think of anything?
What changed? https://t.co/JRTTiRZaJ5
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 7, 2018
It’s a real head-scratcher:
Coincidentally this timing coincides with the passing of Obamacare ? https://t.co/wIfthONzuj
— Chris Wilson (@WilsonWPA) October 7, 2018
A Scooby Doo mystery, even:
It’s almost like something happened to radically change the healthcare industry over the last 10 years ? https://t.co/X2CA7aOGrP
— Allison Nielsen (@AllisonNielsen) October 8, 2018
Didn’t Congress fix this?
Hmm, I wonder which major law that consolidated the insurance industry into an oligopolistic cartel passed between these two times? https://t.co/ZEZ5QoTv5w
— Tiana Lowe (@TianaTheFirst) October 7, 2018
If only Democrats some sort of healthcare act a decade ago https://t.co/Q4AHpjyHTx
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 7, 2018
Do you think this had something to do with it?
Coincidentally this timing coincides with the passing of Obamacare ? https://t.co/wIfthONzuj
— Chris Wilson (@WilsonWPA) October 7, 2018
Spoiler: It’s not Obamacare, at least according to Vox:
lol this explainer on rising deductibles never mentions Obamacare https://t.co/hF8Puw96Ho
— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) October 7, 2018
This is embarrassing:
It’s like Obamacare never existed. It’s not mentioned or referenced a single time in this piece, which is odd considering Kliff held herself up as an expert explainer on all things ACA. https://t.co/XlpruzdtpG
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 7, 2018
We’re surprised Vox didn’t blame Bush:
Gotta be Bush's fault. https://t.co/gVt6WnyD8r
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) October 8, 2018
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