The Biggest Health-Care Price Spike in Decades Is Imminent — And the Media Is Ignoring It
Colby Hall Oct 31st, 2025, 10:19 am
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A 60-year-old in Illinois making $65,000 a year will see their health insurance premium jump from $460 to $2,800 a month. Starting now.
A young worker earning $35,000 who paid $80 per month will now pay $300 per month. That’s groceries. That’s rent.
These examples , reported by the based on figures from KFF , aren’t because hospitals suddenly cost more. Not because insurers got greedier. It’s because Congress let enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies expire—and millions of Americans are about to get the bill.
Health-care premiums are about to detonate — and we’re all staring at the wrong explos

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