ObamaCare: It's unsustainable; better to scrap it and start anew

[Stephanie]

yes get rid of it NOW people or live with this fascist piece of crap

SNIP:
By Tribune-Review

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, 9:00 p.m.



Confirming the disconnect between the empty-promise pretenses on which ObamaCare was sold and its real-world effects in practice is a new report from Medicare actuaries that says health spending in ObamaCare's first 10 years will be about $621 billion higher than it would be without that train wreck of a law.

That's $7,450 more in health spending per family of four through 2022, according to Duke University health-policy expert Chris Conover, writing for The Apothecary, a Forbes blog. And that figure's contrast with candidate Barack Obama's 2008 promise that he'd lower such families' premiums “by up to $2,500” — during his first term! — is both grim and stark.

The Medicare actuaries' report is consistent with their prior reports showing ObamaCare would increase, not decrease, health spending. It's the latest evidence that Mr. Obama made America the “absurd promise” that Mr. Conover says it is.


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[Greenbeard]

That's $7,450 more in health spending per family of four through 2022, according to Duke University health-policy expert Chris Conover, writing for The Apothecary, a Forbes blog. And that figure's contrast with candidate Barack Obama's 2008 promise that he'd lower such families' premiums “by up to $2,500” — during his first term! — is both grim and stark.

2008: Obama campaigns for president. The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 would be somewhere around $56 trillion.

2013: Health reform is three years into implementation (30 million additional Americans will now be covered over the coming decade). The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 will now total about $49 trillion, even in spite of the tens of millions of folks who've gained coverage.

$7 trillion is a decent amount of savings.

If you want to focus only on Obama's first term:
2008 CMS actuaries' health spending projections: $11.3 trillion
2013 CMS actuaries' health spending projections (actual health spending during Obama's first term): $10.6 trillion

In other words, savings of nearly $700 billion, or savings of around $2250 per American over that period.

 

[Antares]

That's $7,450 more in health spending per family of four through 2022, according to Duke University health-policy expert Chris Conover, writing for The Apothecary, a Forbes blog. And that figure's contrast with candidate Barack Obama's 2008 promise that he'd lower such families' premiums “by up to $2,500” — during his first term! — is both grim and stark.

2008: Obama campaigns for president. The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 would be somewhere around $56 trillion.

2013: Health reform is three years into implementation (30 million additional Americans will now be covered over the coming decade). The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 will now total about $49 trillion, even in spite of the tens of millions of folks who've gained coverage.

$7 trillion is a decent amount of savings.

If you want to focus only on Obama's first term:
2008 CMS actuaries' health spending projections: $11.3 trillion
2013 CMS actuaries' health spending projections (actual health spending during Obama's first term): $10.6 trillion

In other words, savings of nearly $700 billion, or savings of around $2250 per American over that period.

You mean "projected" savings based upon wishful thinking....

This same CMS has had years to get ready for next Tuesday and failed.

Fuck off old man

 

[Stephanie]

That's $7,450 more in health spending per family of four through 2022, according to Duke University health-policy expert Chris Conover, writing for The Apothecary, a Forbes blog. And that figure's contrast with candidate Barack Obama's 2008 promise that he'd lower such families' premiums “by up to $2,500” — during his first term! — is both grim and stark.

2008: Obama campaigns for president. The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 would be somewhere around $56 trillion.

2013: Health reform is three years into implementation (30 million additional Americans will now be covered over the coming decade). The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 will now total about $49 trillion, even in spite of the tens of millions of folks who've gained coverage.

$7 trillion is a decent amount of savings.

If you want to focus only on Obama's first term:
2008 CMS actuaries' health spending projections: $11.3 trillion
2013 CMS actuaries' health spending projections (actual health spending during Obama's first term): $10.6 trillion

In other words, savings of nearly $700 billion, or savings of around $2250 per American over that period.

are you paid Obama stooge or do it for free?

 

[Greenbeard]

That's $7,450 more in health spending per family of four through 2022, according to Duke University health-policy expert Chris Conover, writing for The Apothecary, a Forbes blog. And that figure's contrast with candidate Barack Obama's 2008 promise that he'd lower such families' premiums “by up to $2,500” — during his first term! — is both grim and stark.

2008: Obama campaigns for president. The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 would be somewhere around $56 trillion.

2013: Health reform is three years into implementation (30 million additional Americans will now be covered over the coming decade). The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 will now total about $49 trillion, even in spite of the tens of millions of folks who've gained coverage.

$7 trillion is a decent amount of savings.

If you want to focus only on Obama's first term:
2008 CMS actuaries' health spending projections: $11.3 trillion
2013 CMS actuaries' health spending projections (actual health spending during Obama's first term): $10.6 trillion

In other words, savings of nearly $700 billion, or savings of around $2250 per American over that period.

are you paid Obama stooge or do it for free?

I agree, you can't refute what I just said. Smile, $2000+ dollars in savings per person in a single presidential term is pretty good!

The really good news, though, is that that the year-by-year growth rates in the CMS actuaries' 2013 projections are substantially lower than in the 2008 projections. Which means the savings just get larger with each passing year.

 

[Antares]

That's $7,450 more in health spending per family of four through 2022, according to Duke University health-policy expert Chris Conover, writing for The Apothecary, a Forbes blog. And that figure's contrast with candidate Barack Obama's 2008 promise that he'd lower such families' premiums “by up to $2,500” — during his first term! — is both grim and stark.

2008: Obama campaigns for president. The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 would be somewhere around $56 trillion.

2013: Health reform is three years into implementation (30 million additional Americans will now be covered over the coming decade). The CMS actuaries issue projections that suggest total national health spending from 2009-22 will now total about $49 trillion, even in spite of the tens of millions of folks who've gained coverage.

$7 trillion is a decent amount of savings.

If you want to focus only on Obama's first term:
2008 CMS actuaries' health spending projections: $11.3 trillion
2013 CMS actuaries' health spending projections (actual health spending during Obama's first term): $10.6 trillion

In other words, savings of nearly $700 billion, or savings of around $2250 per American over that period.

are you paid Obama stooge or do it for free?

He does it for free....delusion is his forte.