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Charles Gaba @charlesgaba.com

Missouri, you say? (50,000 of Alford’s constituents are enrolled in ACA plans. Most of them are about to see their premiums increase by up to 1,000%.) That’s not a typo. acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...

aug 26, 2025, 2:47 am • 322 129

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SarahRBlue💙🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🇺🇦 @whenprovoked.bsky.social

He's not even listening...what an asshole

aug 26, 2025, 2:59 am • 3 0 • view
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becklet13.bsky.social @becklet13.bsky.social

I love smart people

aug 26, 2025, 8:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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mortdelapeur.bsky.social @mortdelapeur.bsky.social

That's okay because drug prices are going down 1,500%.

aug 26, 2025, 10:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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onthedownside.bsky.social @onthedownside.bsky.social

Somehow it will be Biden's fault...

aug 26, 2025, 3:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Charles Gaba @charlesgaba.com

Some more examples of what ~392,000 Missouri residents on ACA plans are likely facing 4 months from now:

A single 50-yr old earning $30,000/yr would go from paying $49 in premiums to $164/month...3.3x as much. A single parent earning $40,000/year would go from paying $61/month to $214/month...3.5x as much. A family of four earning $60,000/year would see their premiums jump from $84/month to $311/month...3.7 as much as they're paying now. A 64-yr old couple earning $90,000/yr would go from paying $637/mo to $3,335/mo...MORE THAN 5 TIMES AS MUCH as they're paying today for the same policy.
aug 26, 2025, 2:51 am • 31 18 • view
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Peggy Madden @peggysue71.bsky.social

🥺😧 I hate to say it…..but they voted for it. Kamala and Tim explained in no uncertain terms as to what would happen to EVERYONE if he was elected. And here we are…in a constant state of “oh, my God!”.

aug 26, 2025, 3:26 am • 3 0 • view
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Charles Gaba @charlesgaba.com

I didn’t vote for it. My own premiums are about to shoot up $500/month.

aug 26, 2025, 3:28 am • 3 1 • view
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Peggy Madden @peggysue71.bsky.social

I’m so sorry. People I know in Missouri did, proudly. I should know better than to assume.

aug 26, 2025, 3:31 am • 3 0 • view
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Charles Gaba @charlesgaba.com

Thanks. Now THIS woman, on the other hand, DID vote for exactly this, so… bsky.app/profile/madi...

aug 26, 2025, 3:32 am • 1 0 • view
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Peggy Madden @peggysue71.bsky.social

I just don’t understand these people! Anyone that thinks trump has a soul and cares about anyone other than himself hasn’t been paying attention. This is who he’s always been, he has never hidden his true intentions.

aug 26, 2025, 3:39 am • 2 0 • view
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ShannyDaw @shannysa2.bsky.social

We 64 (soon 65) and 61. We paid $850 a month for the both of us. Medicare kicks in for me in December. We'll be paying $900 a month just for my wife.

aug 26, 2025, 3:30 pm • 1 1 • view
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OneBluCat @onebluecat.bsky.social

They are removing the subsidies across the United State for next yr. The fallout will be awful. Don't put off appts or surgeries. I am cramming them in. 😞

aug 26, 2025, 3:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Innis Blue @innisblue.bsky.social

📌

aug 26, 2025, 2:52 am • 3 0 • view
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SailorLife @sailorjourno.bsky.social

I love that for them. My home state can choke on their red hats.

aug 26, 2025, 2:59 am • 2 0 • view
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Charles Gaba @charlesgaba.com

…except that it’s just as bad in most other states red or blue. My own family’s premiums are likely going up $6,000 next year (if we stay on the same plan which obviously we won’t be able to).

aug 26, 2025, 3:01 am • 3 0 • view
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SailorLife @sailorjourno.bsky.social

I get it. It's sucky. We'd been priced out of insurance, too. We learned it was cheaper to self-pay. It works if you don't end up in the hospital for anything major. When we had insurance, the perpetual denials cost us a fortune - $56K with insurance one year. The system truly sucks.

aug 26, 2025, 3:40 am • 3 0 • view
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bebe-herma.bsky.social @bebe-herma.bsky.social

And they'll all act like that Eric Andre meme. "How could Biden do this to us??" Rubes.

aug 26, 2025, 3:54 pm • 0 0 • view