Via NJ.com
Rich Sitko can’t wait to buy a new health insurance plan. Sitko, 64, from Essex Fells, now has an indemnity plan from Aetna for which he pays $1,178 per month with a $2,500 deductible.
He believes he will find a less costly option on the new health insurance exchange — the online marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.
His new plan, he said, will still most likely cost close to $10,000 a year and won’t have any of his doctors in network. To get a plan similar to the one he has now, he’d actually have to pay more money.
Across New Jersey and throughout the country many people, especially those in their 50s and 60s, are experiencing a bit of “sticker shock” as they shop for insurance.
Plans cost thousands of dollars per year and many come with deductibles that are a couple thousand more.