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PaulDavisThe1sttoday at 12:33 AM0 repliesview on HN

Yes, those are numbers with

(a) for 2025, federal premium subsidies in effect ($19k/year of subsidy) ! (b) for 2026, NM temporary subsidies

A reminder that until the end of this year almost everyone gets subsidies. Nobody in the US, no matter their income level, should be paying more than 8.3% of their AGI for health insurance. That all changes come Jan 1st 2026, thanks to the current Congress. Our premiums would be $2531/month had NM not stepped in to use some of those sweet, sweet fossil fuel extraction taxes to help us out.

Oh yeah, deductible in 2025 was actually $2800. At our age (early 60s) and general health (good), gold plans make much more sense (if you can afford them).