# Obamacare Insurers Seek Double Digit Premium Hikes **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [July 25, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/obamacare-insurers-seek-double-digit-premium-hikes/120142 "2025-07-25T16:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tjscott0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tjscott0/32/1083_2.png) [@tjscott0](https://discussion.fool.com/u/tjscott0)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/obamacare-insurers-seek-double-digit-premium-hikes/120142/1 "2025-07-25T16:56:04Z")
> **[Double-Digit Premium Increases May Be Headed To Obamacare Plans In 2026 - KFF...](https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/double-digit-premium-increases-may-be-headed-to-obamacare-plans-in-2026/)** > > A sharp drop is also expected in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy ACA plans. Also in the news: a lawsuit to block Obamacare changes, the challenge of tracking Medicaid patients' work status, and more. WSJ: _Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois wants a 27% hike, while its sister Blue Cross plan in Texas is asking for 21%. The largest ACA plans in Washington state, Georgia and Rhode Island are all looking for premiums to surge more than 20%._ > **[Insurers and Customers Brace for Double Whammy to Obamacare Premiums - KFF...](https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/obamacare-premiums-subsidies-trump-republicans-policy-fallout-kff-analysis/)** > > Consumers face both rising premiums and falling subsidies next year in Obamacare plans, with insurers seeking increases to cover not only rising costs but also some policy changes advanced by President Donald Trump and the GOP. _Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year — double-digit premium increases **along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy the coverage, also known as Obamacare.** _ > **[The Number Go Up Rule: Why America Refuses to Fix Anything](https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-number-go-up-rule-why-america)** > > In the Booming Twenties, all decision-making is about protecting the value of financial assets held by older people. Therefore, the number must go up. And nothing else matters. _Health care in America is insanely expensive, unpredictable, and often low quality. And yet it’s going to get far pricier next year, largely because a network of monopolistic middlemen are pushing up costs._ _Despite decades of popular anger, we just can’t seem to do anything about health care costs and the people who foist them on us._ This will cut heavily into disposable income of the middle class lowering they ability to consume and drive the economy upward. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/obamacare-insurers-seek-double-digit-premium-hikes/120142/2 "2025-07-25T17:20:36Z")
> [@tjscott0](#): > > This will cut heavily into disposable income of the middle class lowering they ability to consume and drive the economy upward. Elections have consequences. Good luck!!! ---
**Author:** ![todd10012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/todd10012/32/52131_2.png) [@todd10012](https://discussion.fool.com/u/todd10012)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/obamacare-insurers-seek-double-digit-premium-hikes/120142/3 "2025-07-25T17:32:24Z")
A lot of people will choose to go without insurance. They’ll have more to spend, as long as they don’t get sick! ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/obamacare-insurers-seek-double-digit-premium-hikes/120142/4 "2025-07-25T17:37:53Z")
Until they have an accident. Then they will have to go through bankruptcy and all that entails. If you have any assets they can force you to sell them.