Saturday, November 15, 2014

Cost of Coverage Under Affordable Care Act to Increase in 2015

Another Friday document dump; when government doesn't want too many to notice a particularly distasteful bit of information. TD

NY Times   "The Obama administration on Friday unveiled data showing that many Americans with health insurance bought under the Affordable Care Act could face substantial price increases next year — in some cases as much as 20 percent — unless they switch plans.
 
"The data became available just hours before the health insurance marketplace was to open to buyers seeking insurance for 2015." ...Full article

 
Interactive map: Where Federal Health Exchange Rates Will Rise  "In about a fifth of the counties in states using the federal insurance exchange, premiums for the lowest-priced silver plans will increase by 10 percent or more. But rates for the same plans will decrease in all of Maine, Montana and New Hampshire, and most parts of Mississippi and South Dakota.


More “Words of Wit and Wisdom” from Jonathan Gruber  "Well, there he goes again. And again."  (November 15, 2014)
"And he’s getting paid, too.
"Remember Jonathan Gruber?  Apparently the 3 videos I discussed yesterday – showing Gruber repeatedly calling the US public “stupid” – weren’t all of his past “pearls of wisdom” concerning ObamaCare and/or US healthcare policy.  A couple of more have surfaced.

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