"So I'm a buy-up plan kind of guy. I'm paying $208.10 a month now for that plan. Cost the same in '16. Goes up to $252 in '17, $277 in 18, and $304 in '19 (adios in '19).
I can live with those numbers.
Then I look at page 489 and see that my max out of pocket for the family went from $3450 to $9750.
Now let me spin that the way the 28% B-Fund was spun:
THAT IS A 182% INCREASE!"

Okay, I reread the Q and A section, and I think I understand the confusion now. For the TA, the buy up deductible is still $0. However, the max out of pocket has a number on it. There isn't a max out of pocket number right now. I think I (and perhaps the person who wrote this) was confusing deductible with max out of pocket. The max out of pocket being now limited, is a positive change, unlike what I had thought, if I understand this correctly.