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"Trump administration's own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases..."

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers, a nonpartisan study has found.

The analysis released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that mixed signals from President Donald Trump have created uncertainty “far outside the norm,” leading insurers to seek higher premium increases for 2018 than would otherwise have been the case.

The report comes with Republicans in Congress unable to deliver on their promise to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. Trump, meanwhile, insists lawmakers try again. The president says “Obamacare” is collapsing, but he’s also threatened to give it a shove by stopping billions of dollars in payments to insurers. Some leading Republicans are considering fallback measures to stabilize markets.

Researchers from the Kaiser foundation looked at proposed premiums for a benchmark silver plan across major metropolitan areas in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Overall, they found that 15 of those cities will see increases of 10 percent or more next year.

The highest: a 49 percent jump in Wilmington, Delaware. The only decline: a 5 percent reduction in Providence, Rhode Island.

About 10 million people who buy policies through HealthCare.gov and state-run markets are potentially affected, as well as another 5 million to 7 million who purchase individual policies on their own.


https://apnews.com/cc6b335865e24a4b843dc0e2c4cc6c7a/Study:-Trump-actions-trigger-health-premium-hikes-for-2018

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Just now, Mainecat said:

Thanks Trump and every republican in congress except the 3 that voted it down.

Voters see this

unfortunately many do not. they don't pay attention to news, they don't understand how it's supposed to work, etc. they get their BS fed to them at night, then walk around spreading it the next day.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Snoslinger said:

unfortunately many do not. they don't pay attention to news, they don't understand how it's supposed to work, etc. they get their BS fed to them at night, then walk around spreading it the next day.

 

 

Unfortunately you are correct.  This forum is a good example of how inept  Dumpers are and the critical thinking skills they lack. 

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Just now, SnowRider said:

Unfortunately you are correct.  This forum is a good example of how inept  Dumpers are and the critical thinking skills they lack. 

racer in particular :lol:

he's the poster child for dumb, gullible rwws.

 

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5 minutes ago, Snoslinger said:

unfortunately many do not. they don't pay attention to news, they don't understand how it's supposed to work, etc. they get their BS fed to them at night, then walk around spreading it the next day.

 

 

Did you read  that on Huffpo or DUh underground?

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27 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

"Trump administration's own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases..."

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers, a nonpartisan study has found.

The analysis released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that mixed signals from President Donald Trump have created uncertainty “far outside the norm,” leading insurers to seek higher premium increases for 2018 than would otherwise have been the case.

The report comes with Republicans in Congress unable to deliver on their promise to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. Trump, meanwhile, insists lawmakers try again. The president says “Obamacare” is collapsing, but he’s also threatened to give it a shove by stopping billions of dollars in payments to insurers. Some leading Republicans are considering fallback measures to stabilize markets.

Researchers from the Kaiser foundation looked at proposed premiums for a benchmark silver plan across major metropolitan areas in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Overall, they found that 15 of those cities will see increases of 10 percent or more next year.

The highest: a 49 percent jump in Wilmington, Delaware. The only decline: a 5 percent reduction in Providence, Rhode Island.

About 10 million people who buy policies through HealthCare.gov and state-run markets are potentially affected, as well as another 5 million to 7 million who purchase individual policies on their own.


https://apnews.com/cc6b335865e24a4b843dc0e2c4cc6c7a/Study:-Trump-actions-trigger-health-premium-hikes-for-2018

:lol:  Insurance companies don't set premiums on "mixed signals from the President."   They set them by actuarial research.  

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1 hour ago, Highmark said:

:lol:  Insurance companies don't set premiums on "mixed signals from the President."   They set them by actuarial research.  

He threatened to not pay them......you do watch news right? Oh wait its right wing bullshit

I will enlarge for the fuckin blind-

he’s also threatened to give it a shove by stopping billions of dollars in payments to insurers.

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15 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

He threatened to not pay them......you do watch news right? Oh wait its right wing bullshit

I will enlarge for the fuckin blind-

he’s also threatened to give it a shove by stopping billions of dollars in payments to insurers.

Moonbats arguing for billions of dollars paid by the govt to insurance companies.   :lol:   Some of which is collected in taxes (fines) of people who couldn't afford the insurance in the first place. :lol:  Insurance companies can simply use this as an excuse.  

You retards ever think the mere fact that the POTUS and the Sec of HHS's getting too much power was a problem with the bill to begin with and was just one of many complaints by the right?   Well you got what you asked for. :lol:  

http://www.weeklystandard.com/obamacare-too-much-power-in-one-persons-hands/article/550390

Obamacare: ‘Too Much Power’ in One Person’s Hands

4:10 PM, FEB 18, 2011 | By JEFFREY H. ANDERSON

 
 

And that was before Obamacare expanded those powers immeasurably. 

Leavitt continues, “This conversation came to mind when I saw an analysis of the expanded powers of the secretary of health and human services under last year's health-reform law. It took a 5-foot-by-10-foot chart, as compiled by the Center for Health Transformation, to list the new powers for this office and all the bureaucrats that report to the secretary….”

It is not an exaggeration to say that, under Obamacare, Sebelius, an unelected official, could well become the second-most-powerful person in America.  This is disturbing on at least three levels.

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