One of Obamacare’s big experiments to lower costs is working surprisingly well

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They profiled one person who's making $117,000 in after tax (US!) dollars, but still finds health insurance to be beyond his financial reach. WTF?

He is likely self employed. I would expect most people earning that much to be employed by a company, which would offer health insurance at massively reduced rates. For comparison, my company insures myself and my wife for $144 a month with a $3000 deductible.

Wow, I'm paying €37 a month for my private insurance (admittedly at the lowest level), and my parents, both retirees with serious health complications (mostly my mother) are paying in the region of 1 1/2 times you are (private insurance is much cheaper when you're young in Ireland).

And if the worst comes to the worst and any of us get caught with something no insurer will cover the public system will cover everything (the public system here is great for emergencies, dead slow for more routine stuff).