Boy that's a big statistic to pull out of thin air. Source?72Hardtop wrote:Current numbers are that Obama care is unaffordable for 105 million Americans...yes that is 105 million.
If you're citing one of the bogus "news" websites like the Weekly Standard, try again. They picked and chose quotes from the American Health Policy Institute study done in 2015 that said 105 million couldn't afford the silver level packages.
The ACA definition of "affordable" care is a plan's premiums costing less than 9.5% of one's annual salary. For example, I live ten thousand dollars below the poverty line for my city. A bronze (low) level package costs 3.7% of my annual income. A silver (mid-level) package costs 8.6% of my annual salary, (not counting deductibles.) So I understand it's easy to be impressed by online magazines spouting numbers, but we MUST look at the sources they cite, and we MUST be critical of their details.
There is a big difference to be had between the cost of silver and bronze plans, to be sure. But the 105 million number? The ACA lists the "affordability" as 9.5% without deductibles, so when the AHPI considers deductibles part of the payment, they're cheating readership by using the same term "affordable" with different definitions and features.