Article in WaPost about Obamacare premium increases

[whereiwant2b]

Https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/11/02/the-gops-potent-new-argument-about-obamacares-rising-premiums-in-2-maps/

Looks like about 12 states will see an average decrease in premiums and tge rest an increase. About 15 (if I counted right) will substantial increases.

[Ozarks Tom]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the map it appears the states with decreases or very small increases are either dem strongholds or swing states. I'm sure it's a coincidence.

[paisley]

"I don't understand who can afford this," he says. "I mean, who really can afford this? I can pay it, but I can't afford it."

The premium for his family of five came to more than $40,000 a year. That's for a bare-bones plan with a $10,000 deductible — the plan that's through the marketplace set up by the Affordable Care Act.


www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/30/452824494/steep-hikes-in-insurance-rates-force-alaskans-to-make-tough-choices

[whereiwant2b]

Nov 3, 2015 0:08:41 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the map it appears the states with decreases or very small increases are either dem strongholds or swing states. I'm sure it's a coincidence.

I think that many of the states that have premium decreases "negotiated" with insurance companies to either change requirements or suppress premiums. In NY, I read that the regulators allowed plans to drop out of plan coverage so it became less expensive. California simply suppressed increases by fiat which was acceptable to insurance companies because they are still operating under the Obamacare promuse to make good their losses.
There will probably be some additional increases next year when companies find that the government is reneging on this promise in part but the real premiums will become more obvious if Congress allows the "made whole" prolicy to end as scheduled in 2018.