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How about the Unaffordable and Unobtainable Care Act?
The Greatest Fuck Up in Progressive History Act?
Just because Rush and Faux News tells you that, doesn't mean it's true.
Pretty soon, most Reps are going to be singing it's praises and Faux News and Rush will have to find something else to kick.
I don't listen to Rush or watch Fox, I leave crap like that to idiotic progressives that want to tell me how smart they are.
If you think you can actually defend that abortion against the higher premiums and outrageous deductibles, go for it.
Well, you're getting your misinformation from some extreme rw source. If you think you have figured it out on your own, you must be genius, going against most of the experts.
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It's time you start getting real information about it so you can quit parroting erroneous rhetoric. Here's an example how the nay-sayers cherry-pick information, then repeat it to those who are too lazy to check it out for themselves.
The Congressional Budget Office expects that the ACA will have a negligible effect on the premiums that large employers pay for insurance, and most experts agree. But in the individual market, Laszewski claims that CBO projections show 10% to 13% premium increases.
Here is what the CBO actually said:
About 57 percent of people buying [their own] insurance would receive subsidies via the new insurance exchanges, and those subsidies, on average, would cover nearly two-thirds of the total premium.
Thus, the amount that subsidized enrollees would pay would be roughly 56 percent to 59 percent lower, on average, than the premiums charged under current law.
Wait a minute: 56 to 59 percent lower? Where does Laszweski get 10 percent to 13 percent higher?
In the next paragraph CBO adds: Among enrollees who would Not receive subsidies, premiums would increase by somewhat less than 10 percent to 13 percent.
Laszewski cherry-picks the paragraphs he quotes, and doesnt factor in the subsidies. He does mention their existence, but only in passing: All of these differences in premiums would be before income-based federal subsidies. He also doesnt admit how much of the premium the average subsidy would cover or how many would benefit.
Will insurance premiums skyrocket in 2014?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) does far more than simply require states to provide insurance exchanges and increase access to care for all, experts agree.
ACA Has Something for Everyone
That's not to say they'll see across-the-board decreases. It's just that, if it works as intended, the Affordable Care Act will make the insurance system fairer for everyone. And the consumers who typically get the shortest end of the stick today are older, sicker people on the non-group market who haven't yet reached the Medicare eligibility age of 65.
Will Obamacare make insurance cheaper?- MSN Money
http://www.healthlaw.org/images/stories/NHeLP_Myths_Facts_on_Fiscal_Analysis.pdf