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    [OC] Average cost of health insurance per state before and after the Big Beautiful Bill
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    [OC] Average cost of health insurance per state before and after the Big Beautiful Bill

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    2. AuelDole on

      In between jobs rn, and I’m finding it cheaper to pay outta pocket for my visits than if I had had health insurance

    3. TheGacAttack on

      This may only be my personal preference, but I absolutely hate your chosen color scale.

      I’m just mildly annoyed that the legend is sorted the opposite way that I would have.

    4. Vegetable_Let7337 on

      I like that it easy to see most places more expensive but most expensive corner in northeast didn’t change

      also did the OBBA cause this and how?

    6. Accidental-Genius on

      Indiana being immune to the consequences of being a red state should honest to god be studied. They always dodge the consequences of their actions and it’s as impressive as it is bewildering and infuriating.

    9. Y-27632 on

      One map showing how much the increase actually was (either in $ or %) would be a lot more informative.

      This is not especially helpful, since even if you bother to figure out what the degree of color change between the two pictures is, you still don’t know if the price went from (for example) 600 to 899 (50%) or 699 to 800 (29%).

      For all you know, a color change *could* represent a 1$ increase.

      Edit: I’m not commenting on the cost of US insurance, this is strictly about why this data is not very beautiful…

      (Although it might be worth adding that the title is also pretty inaccurate/clickbaity, since this is only **ACA marketplace** data. And that the source is a site trying to sell insurance. Which has its own map and data table, and the OP just… made it much worse.)

    10. HandlebarEdge on

      Color scale is difficult to parse. Anectotally, my family insurance tripled in CT, between rising costs and the expiration of tax benefits…

    12. No_Engine7583 on

      Im so curious and scared by the idea what people who get sick go through in this country 😨

    13. BrightLuchr on

      Cost per what? I assume per month but that should be on the chart. And is it per person? or per adult?

    15. haemakatus on

      On the bright side the majority of voters did get what they voted for. Affordable healthcare is for communists. Republicans fought tooth & nail against Obamacare because they were worried it may actually work.

    16. BigL90 on

      Damn, when did Minnesota end up being on the lower end of the spectrum for insurance costs? Pretty much my entire life MN has been near the top for healthcare expenses (thank you Mayo Clinic and United Healthcare). Of course, we’ve always been near the top for expected outcomes as well, but still.

    17. DeerAndBeer on

      Large health insurers have been invading pharmaceutical, in home care, and even health care provider spaces. These insurance companies are negotiating rates with themselves and nobody seems to care

    19. SnuggleyFluff on

      I am starting to suspect that people purposely submit maps with obviously flawed color scales to this sub for some reason.

    24. Final21 on

      The increase had nothing to with the BBB. It didn’t extend Covid subsidies that were going to expire at the end of the year. Do blame a spending bill everytime money for a temporary program sunsets?

    25. hacksoncode on

      “Average” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

      Don’t be an individual over 60 buying on the marketplace if you don’t want the numbers to be 4 colors higher on the first graph and *10* levels higher on the second graph.