Posted on 11/30/2009 1:39:02 PM PST by Shellybenoit
Oops, another Obamacare myth gets thrown out the window. We were promised by the President and his Democratic Party lemmings, a government takeover of health care would lower our insurance premiums. Not so fast says the "non partisan" Congressional Budget Office.
"CBO and JCT estimate that the average premium per person covered (including dependents) for new nongroup policies would be about 10 percent to 13 percent higher in 2016 than the average premium for nongroup coverage in that same year under current law. About half of those enrollees would receive government subsidies that would reduce their costs well below the premiums that would be charged for such policies under current law," the report says.
In other words, all of this new bureaucracy will cause premiums to rise and for some of those with higher premiums the government will step in and give them money to offset the higher costs.
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
“How can you pass laws eliminating higher premiums for higher risk groups, eliminating denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, and that adds a whole laundry list of required minimum benefits that insurance must cover, and not expect premiums to increase?”
Now come on now, you aren’t being nice. Ask O where he is going to dinner tonight. (;-)
Do I look like Mrs. Obama?
Well I sure hope not!
ObamaZilla will say my promise was to not raise taxes, premiums are different.
Don't forget the 20 million illegals obama wants to give amnesty to. The majority will be low income and will get free healthcare.
Then there are the HIV tourists now allowed entrance to the United States. Once here, they simply go to ER,and we are on the hook for their care. Expect a lot of African citizens to do all they can to get here just for care. Anchor babies with AIDS?
I heard gossip Reid is trying to shove this through on Tuesday.
I just received this from “moveon.org”. made me laugh. here’s part of it.
Dear MoveOn member,
Imagine waking up one January morning and reading this headline:
“Obama’s health care plan dies in Congress”
I don’t want to feel like I could have done more. Do you?
It’s already on life support, who will pull the plug?
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