Open enrollment season confirms predictions about steep healthcare cost increases.
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Overview:
Whether they have an employer-sponsored or government-sponsored medical insurance, Americans are seeing eye-popping increases in healthcare costs for next year.
TikTok user EbonyElyse has had it with healthcare costs and wanted everyone on the app to know it.
Faced with skyrocketing healthcare insurance costs â monthly premiums for her family will almost triple, from $480 this year to around $1,500 in 2026, with a $2,000 deductible â she opened her phone camera, sat in her car and vented.
âHow can I possibly survive paying $1,500 a month just in medical coverage?!â she said, adding that her employer also kicked off spouses who can get health insurance on their own. âAnd I work in [health care]!! How is this fair? How can anybody live?!â
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Sheâs not alone. As open enrollment season begins for choosing employer-sponsored or government-subsidized health insurance, Americans nationwide are experiencing sticker shock at how much more theyâll pay for health insurance in the coming year.
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