I am self-employed, insured by Pacificare, offered through Costco although I received a notice awhile back that no new policies will be issued through Costco. Existing policies would still be honored. For the time being anyway.
My premium went up 34% this year, the largest YoY increase I’ve experienced.
With respect to the health care bill, I was in favor of having either a public option or health-care coops. Was greatly disappointed when these were eliminated.
I would have liked to have seen an experiment where health insurance followed the Auto Club model – a private corporation whose only shareholders were the insureds.
