When you live in a fancy house paid
for by taxpayers, go on dozens of luxury vacations per year paid for by taxpayers,
and have armies of servants cooking for you, cleaning for you, and protecting
you (also paid for by…you guessed it – the taxpayers), I think it’s fair to say
your perception on a “good deal” might be a little bit skewed.
President Obama feels that the new
premiums based on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare to the masses) are quite
reasonable. A positive benefit. An absolute boon to the middle
class. “You’ve had is an unprecedented effort that you’ve seen ramp up in
the past month or so that those who have opposed the idea of universal health
care in the first place — and have fought this thing tooth and nail through
Congress and through the courts — trying to scare and discourage people from
getting a good deal,” Obama said. (source)
However, people have begun finding
out how much they’re going to be paying.
And their ideas of ”reasonably
priced” seem to differ with that of the President.
One family in Kentucky got an
unpleasant surprise when their premiums changed….it went from $333 a month to
$965 a month. That’s right. With Obamacare, the family will pay nearly ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH for
the exact same coverage.
“When I saw the letter when I came
home from work, it said ‘your action required, benefit changes, act now.’ Of course,
I opened it immediately,” said Andy Mangione.
Andy Mangione told Fox News veteran
reporter Jim Angle that nothing had changed about the health of his wife,
himself, or their two boys.
“This is a high deductible plan
where I’m assuming a lot of risk for my health insurance for my family,”
Mangione told Fox News. “And nothing has changed, our boys are healthy—they’re
young—my wife is healthy. I’m healthy, nothing in our medical history has
changed to warrant a tripling of our premiums.” (source)
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander
released a report with shockingly high percentage increases for average
citizens of his state:
— Today, a 27-year-old man in
Memphis can buy a plan for as low as $41 a month. On the exchange, the lowest
state average is $119 a month — a 190 percent increase.
— Today, a 27-year-old woman in
Nashville can also buy a plan for as low as $58 a month. On the exchange, the
lowest-priced plan in Nashville is $114 a month — a 97 percent increase. Even
with a tax subsidy, that plan is $104 a month, almost twice what she could pay
today. (source)
A Forbes magazine report shared the
same conclusion about the dramatic increase in prices. The state-by-state analysis is
a must-read.
Based on a Manhattan Institute
analysis of the HHS numbers, Obamacare will increase underlying insurance rates
for younger men by an average of 97 to 99 percent, and for younger women by an
average of 55 to 62 percent. Worst off is North Carolina, which will see
individual-market rates triple for women, and quadruple for
men. (source)
According to Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, ”For millions of Americans, these
new options will finally make health insurance work within their budget.”
The problem is, healthy Americans
who rarely use insurance will be obligated to pony up for Americans who are not
healthy (some of them from poor lifestyle and nutritional choices). Below is a
comparison of the lowest rate through Obamacare with the lowest rate currently
available. If you are not eligible for subsidies, here’s what you’ll be paying
(per person). (source)
Alabama
|
Birmingham
|
$170
|
$80
|
Alaska
|
Anchorage
|
$254
|
$79
|
Arkansas
|
Little Rock
|
$190
|
$31
|
Arizona
|
Phoenix
|
$139
|
$50
|
Delaware
|
$203
|
$51
|
|
Florida
|
Miami
|
$163
|
$66
|
Georgia
|
Atlanta
|
$166
|
$43
|
Iowa
|
Cedar Rapids
|
$132
|
$70
|
Idaho
|
Boise
|
$145
|
$59
|
Illinois
|
Chicago
|
$125
|
$74
|
Indiana
|
Indianapolis
|
$204
|
$84
|
Kansas
|
Wichita
|
$121
|
$43
|
Louisiana
|
New Orleans
|
$170
|
$39
|
Maine
|
Portland
|
$192
|
$122
|
Michigan
|
Detroit
|
$138
|
$55
|
Missouri
|
St. Louis
|
$147
|
$64
|
Mississippi
|
Jackson
|
$199
|
$58
|
Montana
|
Bozeman
|
$147
|
$66
|
North Carolina
|
Charlotte
|
$183
|
$35
|
North Dakota
|
Fargo
|
$175
|
$47
|
Nebraska
|
Omaha
|
$162
|
$26
|
New Hampshire
|
$186
|
$149
|
|
New Jersey
|
$219
|
$162
|
|
New Mexico
|
Albuquerque
|
$126
|
$38
|
Ohio
|
Columbus*
|
$205
|
$47
|
Oklahoma
|
Oklahoma City
|
$105
|
$54
|
Pennsylvania
|
Philadelphia
|
$195
|
$73
|
South Carolina
|
Columbia
|
$166
|
$55
|
South Dakota
|
Sioux Falls
|
$196
|
$89
|
Tennessee
|
Nashville
|
$114
|
$41
|
Texas
|
Houston
|
$138
|
$63
|
Utah
|
Salt Lake
|
$143
|
$72
|
Virginia
|
Fairfax County
|
$144
|
$44
|
Wisconsin
|
Milwaukee
|
$200
|
$69
|
West Virginia
|
Huntington
|
$176
|
$96
|
Wyoming
|
Cheyenne
|
$271
|
$82
|
Sources: Department of Health and
Human Services (premiums on exchanges), eHealthinsurance.com (current Columbus,
Ohio, premium), HealthCare.gov (all other current premiums)
Notes: Premiums available on the
health-insurance exchanges are for the lowest-priced bronze-level plan in 2014.
Current lowest rates are for a nonsmoker, for coverage to begin Oct. 1, 2013,
and may cover more limited benefits. Rates in Delaware, New Hampshire and New
Jersey are applicable anywhere in the state.
It appears that when Obama says this
is “a good deal” what he actually means is that it is “a good deal” for those
who have pre-existing conditions that make insurance out of reach, for those
who make no money and pay no taxes and will therefore be 100% subsidized, and
for the insurance companies who will be raking in the high new premiums. For
the rest of us, the average working class moms and dads, it may be the final
expense that pushes us out of our homes, causes our financial ruin, and puts us
into the poorhouse.
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