Actually they said the cost curve rise would bend down and it has. It is a framework that will be tinkered with forever like all health systems everywhere... Only GOP dupes believed there was going to be a gigantic savings immediately... At the same time 75% of people on the exchanges paid less than $100 a month.....
So Obama lied about the savings then? Now tell us why anyone should believe these commies who claim UHC would save money?
BTW, Obamacare wanted me to pay $1800/month.
The seismic effects of the Affordable Care Act on insurance markets continue to be felt nearly eight years after its enactment. Premiums for individual coverage more than doubled between 2013 and 2017.
There is no rational way to blame Republicans for this. This is solely on Democrats.
Of course, Comrade Frankie will not accept it. He's stupid that way.
the heritage foundation is run by the Koch brothers and is totally full of crap, brainwashed functional moron.
Disprove it. Chickenshit.
Meanwhile, your unwillingness to accept reality in no way disproves reality.
ABC News:
Why Health Care Premiums Are Rising Under Obamacare
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, part of HHS:
After the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) regulations took effect in 2014, average individual market premiums more than doubled from $2,784 per year in 2013 to $5,712 on HealthCare.gov in 2017, an increase of $2,928 or 105 percent.
USA Today:
Despite the slight decline in the national average premium, the typical 2019 plan sold through the HealthCare.gov exchange will still likely cost more than twice as much as the average individual
market plan in 2013, the year before most Obamacare provisions went into effect.
Until Obamacare's incoherent rules and regulations are loosened, there will be no sustained relief for everyday Americans.
Hefty premium increases are the new normal. Americans who shopped for Obamacare-compliant coverage off the exchanges fared just as poorly as those who watched rates soar on the exchanges. The average individual market plan sold through eHealth, an online insurance marketplace, cost $197 per month in 2013. In 2018, the average plan on eHealth was $440 per month — a
123 percent increase.
Forbes:
Yes, It Was The 'Affordable' Care Act That Increased Premiums
However, once we remove the self-sorting into different plan types, and average each age group and household type (i.e., family or individual), the results are very consistent – in the four years before the ACA, every age group and family type either experienced a premium decrease, or an increase of 9.2% or less. However, in the first four years of the ACA, every age group and household type experienced an increase of between 56.0% and 63.2%. For something as complex as health care, that’s a pretty narrow range. The dollar amounts of the increase varied from $2,524 for an individual between the ages of 31 and 40, to $12,040 for a family headed by someone over age 60. But the percentages are remarkably consistent: The ACA raised premiums by about 60 percent.
The way I see it, you have two options:
1. Stop talking.
or
2. Continue looking like a moron.