High-deductible health plans on rise

This is what Obama’s health reforms are leading to — more expensive health insurance with higher deductibles that people are forced to buy.  This will lead to more bankruptcies and foreclosures caused by health crisis suffered by people with insurance.

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THE TENNESSEAN: Corporate employers, small businesses and nonprofit organizations are increasingly requiring their workers to spend between $1,200 and $5,000 before filing a health insurance claim.

Nearly three in four employers will offer at least one of these plans next year, according to a survey by the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit association that represents large employers.

Helen Darling, its president, predicts that by 2016 the majority of all health plans will have high deductibles…  (more)

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