Topic: Obamacare... Affordable(?) Care Act??!???!
This is just getting worse and worse... and Obamacare is not even fully here yet!
Kentucky has an 80% increase in healthcare costs with Humana. Humana is the cheapest of the three insurance companies there.
Ohio is 41% higher, Florida 35% higher, Indiana officials said prices would rise an average of 72%. But they were looking at the cost of providing care, not actual premiums.
A study says that New Mexico, at 130 percent,will see the steepest rate hike, followed by Vermont (97 percent), South Dakota (83 percent) and Connecticut (50 percent). This study was before Kentucky finished their rates. Many States which refused to set up their own exchanges are not yet closed for rates. Also in after the study was Wisconsin with a 125% increase.
When they use a figure like 130% this means for every dollar you spent before you are now spending $2.30.
The Kaiser Foundation released a study which liberals leapt at. But when you thumb through the Kaiser report, you learn something interesting. Its authors did not actually measure whether or not Obamacare would increase premiums relative to what they are today, because they claim it would be too “complicated.” Funny that, since the CBO predicted much higher numbers for the #2 silver plan average the Kaiser Foundation uses.
Obamacare just got a year of relief for businesses who were and are saying it will gut them. Additionally they are still laying people off, reducing hours, and using more temporaries. And they have a spare year. The average consumer DOES NOT.
Democrats of course own this, lock stock and barrel. When the 2014 elections come up there will be a landslide of vote changes for Republicans due to the fact that Democrats made such a bad bill as to be believed.
Interestingly enough the move to make businesses have an extra year will push Obamacare's pain further and harder come the Presidential Election. This means no Hillary for the left. It almost guarantees a Republican unless we pick another lefty. However Republican PCP's, Activists, and low level Politicians are fighting hard to make sure we do not get such.
Kemp currently not being responded to until he makes CONCISE posts.
Avogardo and Noir ignored by me for life so people know why I do not respond to them. (Informational)