My wife and I pay $1,500 a month for 'health insurance' (that is being raised to $1,675 in 2026!) -- we don't go very often, annual checkups, dental cleaning twice a year, and a full x-ray and exam. We go to the eye doctor once a year. To buy a year's worth of contacts, 'insurance' only covers half, so it's $600 out of pocket for the other six months. I get billed a month after the doctor visit for $300, $250 for dental. We pay $18,000 a year for 'health insurance,' and they don't even cover the basics. If I put that money into an 'account for health things', I'd have so much left over that my family would have a fabulous Christmas. Instead, we are hoping we don't run out of heating fuel, pump gas until the pump stops because the account hits zero, or food until the next paycheck.
Sounds like if you pay that much for coverage you use that little, you should consider a higher deductible plan and pay less per month and make more of that $18k work for you instead of the insurance machine.
Everyone should call Chip Roy's office. The vote is at 3:00 p.m. today.
Just simply say health insurance is not healthcare!
My wife and I pay $1,500 a month for 'health insurance' (that is being raised to $1,675 in 2026!) -- we don't go very often, annual checkups, dental cleaning twice a year, and a full x-ray and exam. We go to the eye doctor once a year. To buy a year's worth of contacts, 'insurance' only covers half, so it's $600 out of pocket for the other six months. I get billed a month after the doctor visit for $300, $250 for dental. We pay $18,000 a year for 'health insurance,' and they don't even cover the basics. If I put that money into an 'account for health things', I'd have so much left over that my family would have a fabulous Christmas. Instead, we are hoping we don't run out of heating fuel, pump gas until the pump stops because the account hits zero, or food until the next paycheck.
Sounds like if you pay that much for coverage you use that little, you should consider a higher deductible plan and pay less per month and make more of that $18k work for you instead of the insurance machine.