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AZJonnie

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1. I rather wish people would stop referring to "health insurance premiums" as "health care costs"
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:13 PM
Oct 30

As someone with a LOT people in their family and friends who work, or worked, in health care, I'm keenly aware that the terms are not synonymous.

Health Care is not rising 75%, and in fact, the inflation already happened. "Health Care" is already outrageously expensive across the board, and that is where the actual underlying problem resides. And although Trump steals shit all the time, in this particular case, the government ceasing to subsidize people's health insurance premiums as much as they were before because enhanced subsidies are sunsetting? That is not theft, and Trump is also not the one who's responsible for it. Congress is.

I get that we need to keep our messaging simple, but this messaging is particularly inaccurate.

Not directed at you Apple just general gripe

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