Posted on 05/14/2014 4:29:10 PM PDT by jazusamo
Health Reform: President Obama is right about ObamaCare — "This thing is working." It's working just like critics said it would, and nothing like its supporters promised.
High and rising premiums. Runaway costs. Rampant waste. Workers shoved into government-run exchanges. That's what critics said would happen should ObamaCare remain the law of the land.
And on every point, these critics were viciously attacked by the White House and its amen chorus in the press. But on each, the critics are being proved right while the law's backers try to change the subject.
Warnings of ObamaCare rate shocks were a big myth, we were told — merely "scare tactics" used to gin up opposition to the law by Republicans.
Then the first year's rates came out last fall, and they were far higher than pre-ObamaCare premiums in most states, often even after taxpayer subsidies.
The rate shocks continue. IBD reported this week that two states are proposing rate hikes topping 8% for their 2015 ObamaCare premiums. In Virginia, CareFirst Blue Choice proposed a nearly 15% increase.
According to one insurer, poorer health of enrollees plus ObamaCare taxes and fees are largely to blame.
Nevada insurance brokers, meanwhile, see premium hikes of 35% to 120% for small businesses renewing plans this year, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
And a recent analysis by Avalere Health concluded that "double digit premium increases are likely in many markets" for next year.
ObamaCare was also supposed to hold government health costs in check — and even cut the federal deficit. Those who disagreed were told to read Congressional Budget Office reports on the matter.
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And it’s never going away. Get used to it.
I sold my Harley to pay for my premiums, ($16,000 + 5700 deductible)!!
I’m ticked.
It will go away when the country collapses. So will a lot of other things.
0bummer is an expert liar and his chorus eats it up.
Ted Cruz was right. Too bad he was alone, except for his fellow conservative senator, Mike Lee. The rest of the GOP was busy getting to the TV cameras clucking about how ridiculous Cruz was for opposing this Obamanation.
Everyone better pray that it’s repealed and that it goes into the trash heap of history! If not, behold the next Holocaust; bend over and kiss your rear goodbye.
To insure the uninsured we first make the insured uninsured and then make them pay more to be insured again so the original uninsured can be insured for free.
Well said, Ted Cruz gets it as does Mike Lee.
It’s hard to believe there hasn’t been much more said about the identity theft problem, it will happen if it hasn’t already started.
The media is covering for 0bama and the Rats big time on this, in my view.
And so begins the long, slow grind down. Obamacare was explicitly designed that way.
I am your Liar in Chief. You cannot criticize me.
It should be used as a campaign commercial. It’s ridiculous that it’s not. This idiot has had so many “PotatoE” moments it’s ridiculous.
So when do you think nobama and his chorus of lowlifes will begin trumpeting “Single Payer” as the savior.
I predict that citizens will “claw back” from the 0bamacare people. It won’t be safe to be stealing from or controlling people’s healthcare.
It’s too much too soon. It has to fail somewhere. Maybe if we were at $0.00 on the National Debt and had 17 trillion to blow.
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