{"id":4647,"date":"2016-10-10T08:54:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2016-10-10T08:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:54:24","slug":"rising-premiums-rankle-people-paying-full-price-for-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4647","title":{"rendered":"Rising Premiums Rankle People Paying Full Price For Health Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Virginia Anderson for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Shela Bryan, 63, has been comparing prices for individual health insurance plans since May, and she can&#8217;t believe what she has been seeing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They cost a thousand, $1,200 [a month], and they have a deductible of $6,000,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how they think anyone can afford that.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/10\/07\/497029662\/rising-premiums-rankle-people-paying-full-price-for-health-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.6; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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