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The reason to put this to rest is Obamacare passed by 6 Congressional voters who ignorantly believed like many of you there are "32, or 46 or 50 million uninsured"!
Kaiser Family Foundation, which specializes in health care issues,
found that health insurance premiums had jumped by 9 percent in 2011,
up from a 5 percent annual increase since 2007.
Drew Altman, president and CEO of Kaiser, say that the ObamaCare law probably accounted for 1 to 2 percentage points of that increase.
Obamacare Has Increased Cost of Health Insurance, Says Kaiser Foundation | CNSnews.com
Obamacare CAUSED health insurance premiums to increase in one year from normal increase of 5% to an increase of 7% --almost 140% jump in the increase!
Almost all of the increases due to elimination of "pre-existing conditions" .
Supporters of "pre-existing conditions" elimination said inclusion of people currently "uninsured" will increase the pool and spreading the costs to larger number of insured.
Again increasing the Pool by supposedly covering 32 million of the supposedly 46 to 50 million "UNINSURED"!
boo hoo..sob sob...!
On the eve of the ObamaCare vote, every member of Congress who appeared on television to defend the legislation was able to cite by name an individual or family in his or her state or Congressional district with a heart wrenching story.
Reality!
The Medicare program chief actuary predicted last spring that 375,000 would sign up for the new risk pool insurance in 2010.
The primary reason of inclusion of 32, 46 or 50 million "uninsured" was to increase the "POOL"..
IT DID NOT INCREASE!
IT DID NOT HAPPEN!
Out of 310 million Americans, only 41,427 people have the problem given as the principal reason for spending almost $1 trillion, creating more than 150 regulatory agencies and causing perhaps 150 million or more people to change the coverage they now have.
http://healthblog.ncpa.org/health-problem-quantified/
6 votes passed 2,000 pages of legislation that will cost:
* $1 Trillion directly..
* In time over $100 billion/year in LOST Federal/states/local TAX REVENUE
* creating 150 NEW regulatory agencies..
FOR WHAT? 41,427 INCREASE IN THE POOL???
"BUT WE WANT TO HELP THE 46 MILLION UNINSURED!!!"
So how many "uninsured" are there really to "increase the POOL"?
Of the supposedly 46 million "uninsured"??
Source: The Current Population Survey (CPS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.
10 million are not citizens
18 million earn $50,000 or more and don't want insurance!
9 million are already covered by Medicaid..
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37 million of 46 million counted as "uninsured" ARE:
either not citizens, --- don't want insurance --- or are already covered!
That leaves less the 10 million!
So ALL of us are affected by ObamaCare COST wise...
* Increased insurance premiums..
* $1 trillion additional federal spending,
* $1 trillion over 10 years in LOST federal/states/locals TAX revenue..
all to cover 41,127 more people!
All because of 6 votes that thought they were doing "good" for 46 million uninsured!
WRONG!
What DO We Know About the Uninsured? — The American Magazine
Kaiser Family Foundation, which specializes in health care issues,
found that health insurance premiums had jumped by 9 percent in 2011,
up from a 5 percent annual increase since 2007.
Drew Altman, president and CEO of Kaiser, say that the ObamaCare law probably accounted for 1 to 2 percentage points of that increase.
Obamacare Has Increased Cost of Health Insurance, Says Kaiser Foundation | CNSnews.com
Obamacare CAUSED health insurance premiums to increase in one year from normal increase of 5% to an increase of 7% --almost 140% jump in the increase!
Almost all of the increases due to elimination of "pre-existing conditions" .
Supporters of "pre-existing conditions" elimination said inclusion of people currently "uninsured" will increase the pool and spreading the costs to larger number of insured.
Again increasing the Pool by supposedly covering 32 million of the supposedly 46 to 50 million "UNINSURED"!
boo hoo..sob sob...!
On the eve of the ObamaCare vote, every member of Congress who appeared on television to defend the legislation was able to cite by name an individual or family in his or her state or Congressional district with a heart wrenching story.
Reality!
The Medicare program chief actuary predicted last spring that 375,000 would sign up for the new risk pool insurance in 2010.
The primary reason of inclusion of 32, 46 or 50 million "uninsured" was to increase the "POOL"..
IT DID NOT INCREASE!
IT DID NOT HAPPEN!
Out of 310 million Americans, only 41,427 people have the problem given as the principal reason for spending almost $1 trillion, creating more than 150 regulatory agencies and causing perhaps 150 million or more people to change the coverage they now have.
http://healthblog.ncpa.org/health-problem-quantified/
6 votes passed 2,000 pages of legislation that will cost:
* $1 Trillion directly..
* In time over $100 billion/year in LOST Federal/states/local TAX REVENUE
* creating 150 NEW regulatory agencies..
FOR WHAT? 41,427 INCREASE IN THE POOL???
"BUT WE WANT TO HELP THE 46 MILLION UNINSURED!!!"
So how many "uninsured" are there really to "increase the POOL"?
Of the supposedly 46 million "uninsured"??
Source: The Current Population Survey (CPS) by the U.S. Census Bureau.
10 million are not citizens
18 million earn $50,000 or more and don't want insurance!
9 million are already covered by Medicaid..
===========
37 million of 46 million counted as "uninsured" ARE:
either not citizens, --- don't want insurance --- or are already covered!
That leaves less the 10 million!
So ALL of us are affected by ObamaCare COST wise...
* Increased insurance premiums..
* $1 trillion additional federal spending,
* $1 trillion over 10 years in LOST federal/states/locals TAX revenue..
all to cover 41,127 more people!
All because of 6 votes that thought they were doing "good" for 46 million uninsured!
WRONG!
What DO We Know About the Uninsured? — The American Magazine