First read Michael Giere’s excellent article on how we got here with Obamacare. The two charts below show the enormous price increases in Obamacare coming over the next year. In many states people on Obamacare will only have one company available for purchase of their health insurance because so many companies have left the Obamacare exchanges. The bottom line, Obamacare has become unaffordable for millions of Americans. Remember when Obama’s plan was called the ‘Affordable Care Act’? Remember when Obama promised our premiums would drop $2,500 for every family? The joke’s on us.
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Yikes, what the heck is going on in AZ?
With or without ObamaCare, the healthcare industry wants all of our money.
Republicans and Democrats both give the healthcare industry their blessing to take all of the middle-class people’s money. You see, without money, the ruling class knows that middle-class America cannot rise up against their corrupt government. A corrupt government sent to Washington by the corrupt American people.
It’s all evil. Why? That’s what people want.
I will apologize in advance for posting a comment containing FACTS. I
know you republicans live in a fact-free world and I really, really am
not trying to upset you. Still . . .
4 facts about Obamacare premiums you should know before you start freaking out
1. Yes, premiums are going up — but so are subsidies.
Critically, Americans won’t need to shoulder Obamacare’s premium
increases on their own. Most people who are insured through Obamacare’s
state-level marketplaces don’t pay for the full price of their premiums
because they get an assist from the government in the form of subsidies.
These federal subsidies to help offset the cost of buying insurance are
also going to rise. According to the Obama administration, even with
the projected increases, more than 70 percent of people buying insurance
on the marketplaces will be able to get a plan for less than $75 a
month next year — provided they take advantage of the subsidies
available to them and select a low-cost plan with more limited benefits
than other options.
2. The government expected Obamacare premiums to rise.
Price increases for Obamacare plans aren’t entirely unexpected. The
law’s state-level marketplaces are still very new, and were expected to
take a few years to find their footing as insurance companies attempt to
accurately predict premium costs among a new pool of beneficiaries. In
fact, the estimated rates for 2017 rates are about the same level that
the Congressional Budget Office predicted they would be when the law was
first proposed. Essentially, insurance companies set initial prices for
their plans that turned out to be too low, and they’re now
course-correcting.
3. The majority of Americans don’t get their insurance through Obamacare plans.
Although some news outlets are characterizing the news about rising
premiums as a “November surprise” that could have a big impact on how
Americans feel about the upcoming election, the reality is that these
price hikes won’t affect the majority of the country. Most Americans get
their insurance either through their employer or through a safety net
program like Medicaid. A much smaller portion of the population — about 6
percent — buys private insurance plans on Obamacare’s marketplaces.
4. Obamacare needs to be improved, but its opponents keep standing in the way.
The health reform law — essentially, a messy compromise forged
between our government and powerful insurance corporations — is
certainly not perfect. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are worried
about premium price increases squeezing Americans, and there’s broad
consensus that the Affordable Care Act needs some improvements to help
it function better.
But the loudest critics of the law are also the same people
standing in the way of meaningful reform. Republicans have consistently
pushed to scrap Obamacare altogether — a path forward that would create
many more issues than the current premium hikes, seeing as it would
leave millions of Americans with no access to affordable health care
whatsoever. GOP lawmakers across the country have also blocked
Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion provision, preventing the law from
insuring additional low-income Americans, and have so far resisted the
policy tweaks that Democrats have proposed as avenues to build upon the
existing law.
Sorry if the facts are inconvenient and do not square with your propaganda.
Have you considered starting your own blog? For those in Obamacare without subsidies, there prices will rise dramatically. And the rest of us will be forced to pay higher subsidies for failing system.
Not exactly the topic, but kiss VA goodbye:
http://beta.hotair.com/archives/2016/10/25/theyre-illegal-immigrants-go-door-door-behalf-hillary/
I keep telling you and some of your stupid bloggers that this is the only issue that matters out of Trump. But noo… I am a border xenophobian as one of your morons tells me. That imbecile is going to wake up to a third world country soon.
Don’t feed the troll, just block him.
You are not the first person to suggest that.
You have to be paid by someone to come here so constantly. Keep up the good work on Bearing Drift though. I hate those guys as much as you do… but dont be too hard on them. They want open borders as much as your dumbazz does. Only for different reasons. You are working to ensure single party rule. They are working for their corporate donors for cheap labor. F you both. Look here is the future:
http://beta.hotair.com/archives/2016/10/25/theyre-illegal-immigrants-go-door-door-behalf-hillary/
It is looking bright for you jagoff.
Why is it, whenever I pop up in rightwingers’ faces with facts, I’m accused of being paid, of working for someone, and the like? Not only do you online wingnuts do it, but so do my Teahadist neighbors.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I guess you accuse me of being a paid troll or something like that because that seems to be the way you clowns operate.
I’m a retired Army infantry officer who, after 28 years in uniform, worked in private industry for a few years then left that because my wife of now over 50 years requires almost 24/7 care, which I provide.
I like to tweak you rightwingnuts because you always entertain with the crap you believe.
Your argument is:
1. The premium prices don’t matter because everyone else’s taxes will go up to subsidize the increase. It is liberal “logic” like this that has our federal govt. $20T in the hole.
2. Typical liberal downplaying profoundly negative news. “Nothing to see here, just move along.” All systems are not normal. ObamaCare is in a tailspin.
3. Medicare (for the oldest) + CHIP (for the youngest) + Obamacare (everyone else in between). Just how much socialized medicine are we going to tolerate?
4. Its George Bush’s fault. Really? ONLY Democrats pushed this monstrosity through and you have the audacity to blame the Republicans because your baby is just too damn ugly.