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As a consequence of the Affordable Care Act, the president said in September 2010, premiums are going to be lower than they would be otherwise; health care costs overall are going to be lower than they would be otherwise.
Grubers new reports are in direct contrast Obamas words and with claims Gruber himself made in 2009. Then, the economics professor said that based on figures provided by the independent Congressional Budget Office, [health care] reform will significantly reduce, not increase, non-group premiums.
During his presentation to Wisconsin officials in August 2011, Gruber revealed that while about 57 percent of those who get their insurance through the individual market will benefit in one way or another from the laws subsides, an even larger majority of the individual market will end up paying drastically more overall.
After the application of tax subsidies, 59 percent of the individual market will experience an average premium increase of 31 percent, Gruber reported.
Read more: Obamacare Architect | Health Care Premium Increases | Gruber | The Daily Caller
"Did we say premiums would go down? Oops. What we meant is...."