healthmyths
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"It is important to recognize some limitations[DUH you think???] in our modeling of prices.
In particular, given publicly available data we cannot incorporate the effects of the ban on pre-existing conditions exclusions.
This ban will cause a rise in premiums as insurers are forced to cover conditions that they had previously excluded.[DUH you think???]
In addition, there are new premium taxes on insurers that will raise premium rates
Overall, we cannot predict the net impacts of these factors on premiums without more analysis."
Obamacare, the laws architect, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, was all over the op-ed pages, talking about how the bill would reduce the cost of health insurance. What we know for sure, he told Ezra Klein, is that [the bill] will lower the cost of buying non-group health insurance.
DUH??? and this guy is an MIT economist AND he said he couldn't account for the ban on "pre-existing conditions"!!!
What the above says is due to Obamacare's ban on pre-existing conditions insurance premiums will rise! DUH you think??
I mean consider the simple smoker versus non-smoker!
For years EVERYONE even idiots on this board have been told "smoking causes cancer"!
So well insurance companies know that TOO!
BUT now without knowing if a insurance applicant smokes or doesn't smoke.. HOW will the insurance risk analyst calculate how much to charge for insurance?
JUST raise the premium to that which they would have charged "smokers"!
Thus everyone that doesn't smoke is NOW penalized by those that do smoke!
Those that smoke are rewarded for their bad behavior !
MAKES absolutely NO COMMON SENSE!!!
Yet Obamacare TOUTS that feature!
How Obamacare Dramatically Increases the Cost of Insurance for Young Workers - Forbes
In particular, given publicly available data we cannot incorporate the effects of the ban on pre-existing conditions exclusions.
This ban will cause a rise in premiums as insurers are forced to cover conditions that they had previously excluded.[DUH you think???]
In addition, there are new premium taxes on insurers that will raise premium rates
Overall, we cannot predict the net impacts of these factors on premiums without more analysis."
Obamacare, the laws architect, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, was all over the op-ed pages, talking about how the bill would reduce the cost of health insurance. What we know for sure, he told Ezra Klein, is that [the bill] will lower the cost of buying non-group health insurance.
DUH??? and this guy is an MIT economist AND he said he couldn't account for the ban on "pre-existing conditions"!!!
What the above says is due to Obamacare's ban on pre-existing conditions insurance premiums will rise! DUH you think??
I mean consider the simple smoker versus non-smoker!
For years EVERYONE even idiots on this board have been told "smoking causes cancer"!
So well insurance companies know that TOO!
BUT now without knowing if a insurance applicant smokes or doesn't smoke.. HOW will the insurance risk analyst calculate how much to charge for insurance?
JUST raise the premium to that which they would have charged "smokers"!
Thus everyone that doesn't smoke is NOW penalized by those that do smoke!
Those that smoke are rewarded for their bad behavior !
MAKES absolutely NO COMMON SENSE!!!
Yet Obamacare TOUTS that feature!
How Obamacare Dramatically Increases the Cost of Insurance for Young Workers - Forbes