These Are Obamacare's High Deductibles

Yesterday’s New York Times (“Many Say High Deductibles Make Their Health Law Insurance All but Useless”) and today’s Boston Globe (“High-Deductible Health Plans Make Affordable Care Act ‘Unaffordable,’ Critics Say”) tell the stories of ObamaCcre enrollees who found, as one of them put it, “We can’t afford the Affordable Care Act.” The problem appears to be the high deductibles found in many policies on Obamacare’s health-insurance Exchanges. The Globe cites the example of a warehouse packer and airport shuttle driver, who “pay $275 a month for a ‘bronze’ plan with a $13,200 deductible.”

Is this really Obamacare’s fault? Yes.