“After the application of tax subsidies, 59 percent of the individual market will experience an average premium increase of 31 percent,” Gruber reported.It seems that Gruber was referring only to three states. However, it seems unrealistic to believe that economies of scale will fall into place across a population of 350,000,000. The costs of administrating a national plan can't be negligable.
Equally disturbing is the amount that Gruber received in non-competitive bids: nearly a million dollars. When political figures are accused of selling out for half this amount or less, I wonder how sincere his analyses were prior to the adoption of ObamaCare. And how accurate they are now.
As I currently negotiate the detours set up for our small family with our new insurance plan, I can't help but being resentful that Teddy Kennedy - as a legal resident of MA - was able to get the best care that he could, at Duke. The ordinary person, without that extraordinary wealth, can't do the same. ObamaCare, although in theory a way to provide insurance for even the poorest, is in fact, a plan that strangles far more than it helps.
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