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On the other hand, McKinsey estimates that 29 percent of all subsidy-eligible individuals will experience a net premium decline in the price of the lowest-price silvery plan with 10 percent of all subsidy eligible buyers seeing a decrease that could exceed 10 percent.
All in all, it is going to be quite a stretch for Obamacare opponents to turn this data into bad news. Increased competition among insurers means better prices and better policies. An increase in the number of policies one can choose from also means improvements in policy quality and premium costs.
And with a median increase of somewhere between 4 and 6 percent, it seems we have very little to complain about.
While 65 percent of existing policies will see an increase in premium costs for 2015, the median increase will be just 4 percent.
Originally Posted by flghtr65
You forgot to mention this... look at all them links
http://benefitrevolution.blogspot.com/
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014
Stories Causing Atlas to Shrug, November 20th Edition | Hospitals Killing Folks, Obamacare Really Just Means Medicaid and Unfunded Pension Madness
California Hospitals Make Hundreds of Errors Every Year, Public is Unaware. California hospitals reported 6,282 adverse events to the state in the last four fiscal years. They range from “death associated with an error”, to “stage 3 or 4 decubitus ulcer,” or bedsores. However, the state has no way of ensuring that every hospital is reporting every error that occurs.
Of the 8.5 million who enrolled in the Obamacare Exchanges during 2014, over 6 million enrolled in Medicaid (which is almost entirely taxpayer funded) as opposed to the Exchanges (which are about 75% taxpayer funded).
New CBO Study: 60% of Americans Receive More Government Benefit Than They Pay in Taxes
California has a $754 billion unfunded liability -- the highest among the 50 states. But overall, Illinois is probably worse off than Californitopia.
Here is what PPACA will bring to us on a national scale: Despite the healthy supply of physicians in Massachusetts, some patients must still wait as long as four months for a first-time visit with a primary care physician.
Under new Obamacare rules a company may not reimburse workers for their insurance premiums with after-tax money but an employer can just give an employee a raise and not specifically reimburse premiums. Can the owner tailor the amount of additional compensation for each person to the cost of health insurance without crossing the line into reimbursement? Probably so, according to the New York Times, but the raise must be unconditional.