Any analysis you look at shows that the increase would’ve been much larger without the affordable care act. I know some people who are obsessed with the politics will have a hard time accepting that, but…
And there is no breaking point. There will never be a breaking point. The insurance companies will continue to **** us out of every penny they can, and everything that is designed to enable that, like our healthcare provider system, will keep it going. As long as every element of your well-being is governed by people trying to make money, you will pay more and more and more and more. For profit systems don’t change unless they must in order to stay profitable , and human beings will pay almost anything to stay alive.