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Obamacare is about to decide the midterms - again
The Washington Times ^ | Sept 25,2014 | Joseph Curl

Posted on 09/05/2014 6:24:20 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Here are some numbers, straight from my own checkbook register. In October 2011, before the start of Obamacare, I was paying $386 a month. Yes, fairly reasonable, but less so when you factor in my $10,000 deductible (and two teenage children who keep falling off things).

The following October, the premiums rose 23 percent to $474. In October 2013, my monthly rate rose again, nearly 32 percent, to $623. Same exact coverage, just more money.

Then, this year, come Sept. 30, my new premiums will be $1,097. That’s a 76 percent increase from the previous year, and, all told, my premiums have risen 184 percent in just three years. That is putting Obamacare right back on the front burner for this midterm election, just as it was in the 2010 midterms.

Then, voters mobbed summer town halls to vent, and Republicans went on to trounce Democrats, pulling off the largest seat swap in any midterm since 1948. Right about now, across the country, Americans are either getting their monthly bills for drastically higher premiums, or they’ve already got them and are beginning to shop for new insurance in preparation for the coming open-enrollment season this fall. But they’re no doubt finding that the new policies mandated by Obamacare are raising costs sky-high — there’s cheaper.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 2014issues; 2014midterms; aca; elections; obamacare

1 posted on 09/05/2014 6:24:20 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

every little bit helps....or hurts...


2 posted on 09/05/2014 6:36:24 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do)
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To: Hojczyk

“The Washington Times ^ | Sept 25,2014 | Joseph Curl “

Back to the future?


3 posted on 09/05/2014 6:39:43 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: Hojczyk

August 25, maybe?


4 posted on 09/05/2014 6:42:53 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: Hojczyk

You don’t need insurance — save the premium in a HSA and pay from that. That wouldn’t be a bad strategy except for the the Obamacare coercion tax.


5 posted on 09/05/2014 8:10:36 PM PDT by expat2
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To: Hojczyk
While I suspect that obamacare might INFLUENCE elections...

...it will actually be support for amnesty for illegal aliens (including all euphemisms such as "pathway" and etc) that will DECIDE the midterms.

Amnesty GOPers might be surprised to find themselves packing up and heading back to that home state.

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6 posted on 09/05/2014 8:51:06 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: expat2
... except for the the Obamacare coercion tax.

Just make sure you slightly under withhold. They can only get the money to the extent you're entitled to a refund.

7 posted on 09/06/2014 4:45:57 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Muslim president!)
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To: KevinB

How long do you think that is going to last. Obamacare is a work in progress with numerous adjustments by the regime.


8 posted on 09/06/2014 2:38:23 PM PDT by expat2
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