JMHO Loc: Utah

The facts are in. As The Heritage Foundation predicted, Obamacare is turning out to be a disaster. Heritage expert Robert Moffit has more in a new article in the National Interest .

Deductibles increased. Average deductibles on employer-based health plans run about $1,000, while average Obamacare deductibles are about $2,000.

Premiums increased. The president promised to lower all premiums by $2,500 annually. The opposite happened. Premiums increased by 100 percent for 27-year-olds in some states. They increased by 50 percent for 50-year-olds in others. For employees who get their health insurance through small businesses, 11 million saw premium increases, while just six million saw premium decreases.

Competition was reduced. The number of insurers offering coverage on the individual markets in all fifty states declined by 29 percent. Over half of counties in America have only one or two insurance providers.

And we still don’t know how many are covered. The Congressional Budget Office reported 6 million had signed up for Exchange plans. The administration said 8 million, then backtracked.

And what about the so-called crucial 18- to 34-year-old demographic, which would determine the health of the program? Well, the administration said 35 percent of enrollees were in that range, which sounds pretty close to their goal of 40 percent. “But thanks to excellent reporting by Politico,” Moffit notes, “we learned that (this) number included children enrolled in the exchanges. Nice try.”

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The wife, of a close friend, works as the Manager of a Arthritis Care Center in a major large city, she is continually confronted with patients who are struggling to make their payments due to Obamacare. Typically patients tell her that their visit and medication costs have more than doubled since the ACA was enacted. Bear in mind that the majority of these are senior citizens who are living on a fixed income. There is another story that is also unfortunately true and that is the very sad saga of PATTIE CURRAN (http://americanprosperity.com/my-sons-might-die-a-mothers-tragic-tale-of-dealing-with-obamacare/). If this does not get your blood boiling then there is something very wrong with you.

VladimirPee

They have delayed enrollment for ACA 6 weeks later than last year. After e******ns. If ACA was so wonderful why aren't Democrats proud of it?

dennisimoto Loc: Washington State (West)

Dennis, I think your question answers itself.

Jeffhunter

Those poor insurance companies they are the real victims. The health care system was perfect and stupid king obummer had to ruin for them. Now it's getting harder for them to make billions in profit.

VladimirPee

But it wasn't the insurance companies who were overcharging. Its the providers. That is the dirty little secret. Obama had to demonize insurers to gain control but hospitals are still billing and getting paid ridiculous amounts

Jeffhunter

So you're saying the hospitals are to blame? Then why do the insurance companies continue to feed them so much money? Do you agree that there was and is a problem here? Do you have any plan as to how to start a change? Now that king oobummer has gained control is HE gonna make us all die? So his muslim army can take over America, yeah that's gotta be it. Change has to start somewhere and then we can make more changes to make things better.

VladimirPee

In many situations these hospitals belong to a larger group in the region. Pay them or withdraw from the market. Which has been done by some companies. I think we had a problem and Obama has made the problems worse. Change in itself is not always a good thing.

sum

Everything government touches turns to crap.