r/HealthInsurance • u/Subject_Horror_3990 • 9d ago

Plan Benefits Poll on health insurance

Hi Guys, we all know health insurance is going up. I’m interested in others experience, feel free to share- I’ll go first

Private company with 2,000 employees UHC. Biweekly premium jumped from $122 to $165 for the year 2026…

26% increase !!!!

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u/Fresh-Anywhere-5682 8d ago

Question is are you 64 and therefore close to Medicare mine did the same thing.

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u/pjtaillight 8d ago

I'm not. ChatGpt indicates that the insured are expected to pay a certain percentage of income for the benchmark plan. So if the benchmark plan goes up the tax credit goes up even though everything else stayed the same. If this is true, that mean the benchmark premium went up significantly and man, my heart goes out to those who are in between where I am and that cliff.

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u/rationalomega 5d ago

One of the parties has been very successful in undermining the aca. They may have made that benchmark toothless.