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		aschampion on Aug 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hospitalizations hit 100k in United States for fir... The average gold plan in the US is $575 premium per person per month. For the average household that would be thousands. The average monthly healthcare cost across all "levels" is about $975 per person.

paulcole on Aug 26, 2021 [–]

So just to be clear this was pretty exaggerated right?

> "waiving" here means you're still paying thousands per month (between employer and individual) in premiums

I get it that American healthcare sucks but let’s at least try to be accurate about how much it sucks.

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