You're not getting a higher interest rate on your bank accounts, are you?
Are your interest payments any lower than they would have been with hundreds of banks operating independently in each state?
One of the biggest drivers of cost in the insurance market has been the state mandates.
That may have been the case before 2009, but with Obamacare one of the biggest drivers has been the FEDERAL mandates ... which doesn't change in the Ryan bill.
People seem to have this idea that insurance premiums are going to be reduced because they're going to be able to pay Mississippi premiums for an insurance plan that is sold in New York. That's hardly the case at all. With the Federal mandates, you're basically paying New York premiums even if you live in Mississippi.
I want everyone to notice how this tiny group in the House (we have 235ish votes, they represent about 25-30) are getting ENORMOUS media coverage.
Because the media knows these guys are the way to prevent Trump (don’t know about you, but I’m not tired of winning yet) from fulfilling another promise.
These guys are being played by the media by giving them disproportionate air time.
but with Obamacare one of the biggest drivers has been the FEDERAL mandates ... which doesn't change in the Ryan bill.
That's true but we're trying to repeal Obamacare, which will return us to the prior state of affairs, some aspects of which are way overdue for reform. Healthcare costs were skyrocketing long before Obama came along.
Obamacare has raised the premiums of those that struggle to pay their own ins.
Not in the defunding bill, but the federal mandates go away when Congress returns control to the states.