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Obamacare Architect: Obamacare Premium Increases Are ‘Going to Be Severe' For ‘A Million People'
2016-10-26
[Breitbart] On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "The Lead," Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the architects of Obamacare, stated that "There's a million people" for whom Obamacare premium increases are "going to be severe -- or uncomfortable."

Emanuel said that "most" Americans are not seeing 25% premium increases, because they get subsidies. He added, "[T]here are some relatively simple fixes. One is better social marketing to get young people in. Another is these risk corridors for the insurance companies, so that they can keep premiums lower. Another is to change...how much older people pay versus younger people, to decrease the cost for younger people overall. And the real ultimate test, Jake, is, can we keep healthcare costs low, and then insurance premiums don't have to go up. And, so far, the ACA has been doing a pretty good job keeping insurance premiums low, and we have to redouble those efforts."
When you hit the reef, go full power...I guess.
This is the utilitarian ethicist who admitted to lying to the public about this thing because it's important, and who continues to lie about it each time he opens his mouth. They must be getting worried.


Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#10  I think we all know a better place for that feather.

Does this place have room for the whole bird?


And thus, boys and girls, is the difference between 'erotic' and 'kinky'.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-10-26 17:39  

#9  I think we all know a better place for that feather.

Does this place have room for the whole bird?
Posted by: gorb   2016-10-26 13:37  

#8  But the folks who do not have subsidies are all republicans, so - at this point - what difference does it make?
Posted by: Bobby   2016-10-26 12:47  

#7  What people call Obama's biggest plume will become a turkey feather in his ear.

Wrong. I think we all know a better place for that feather.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-10-26 12:19  

#6  Yea! I'm one in a million!

Except, >1million, even after agreeing with gorb.

What cracks me up is the line Hillary will preserve Obama's legacy. Peoples' asses are going to fall into their shoes over the next year with health insurance. Going to single pay will make Obamacare a failure, replaced with Hillarycare. What people call Obama's biggest plume will become a turkey feather in his ear.

The fine for not paying for the healthcare tax will increase, either by pen or Supreme Court, and the 'right for assisted suicide' will be implemented.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-10-26 11:58  

#5  Our corrupt government has fully screwed us over. Not only have they perverted the constitution, they have bankrupted us all.

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-10-26 10:22  

#4  Millenials, please ask yourselves, do you really want an administration made up of arrogant insulting twits such as Jonathan Gruber and Rahm Emanuel's brother? Add "dangerous" to a Hillary administration. There never was going to be a free lunch? In fact, it was always going to be a very expensive lunch that was not affordable. The tip off should have been, "You can read the Act after it is passed." That was like the National Socialist German Workers' Party B.S. of the last century that led to WWII. Please act responsibly, read your history from now on if you have any love of your country--it is not all about YOU.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-10-26 09:14  

#3  Someone forgot to look up the word 'Affordable' before attaching it to this disaster.

Emanuel said that "most" Americans are not seeing 25% premium increases, because they get subsidies

Because we hide it in a 19 Trillion dollar (and growing) debt. Someone is paying for it, big time. Dear Millennials, you're screwed and you voted for it. IDK
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-10-26 08:56  

#2  As Designed. Onward to Single Payer!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-10-26 01:40  

#1  Obamacare Premium Increases Are 'Going to Be Severe' For 'A Million People'

Maybe a half million. The rest will just say "Screw it, I ain't paying for this anymore."
Posted by: gorb   2016-10-26 01:38  

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