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2014-07-17 Government

The White House is Bribing Health Insurance Companies

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Posted by Beavis 2014-07-17 08:18|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The headline in our local paper today said that BCBS is raising insurance rates in the Tennessee exchanges by 19% in 2015. It will average a yearly 10% increase thereafter according to the article. People in these exchanges are screwed.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-17 08:48|| 2014-07-17 08:48|| Front Page Top

#2 It will average a yearly 10% increase thereafter according to the article.

Correction: I went back and reread the article and it did not say this. It reads as follows:

According to the Commonwealth Fund, premiums increased in price by about 10 percent a year from 2008 to 2010 — before the ACA went into effect.

It would seem that the rate is going up by as much as 19% rather than 10%. The article is in the Tennessean: Article.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-07-17 08:58|| 2014-07-17 08:58|| Front Page Top

#3 The Commonwealth Fund is the Debka of health care. Their surveys are as straight as a corkscrew. Ultimate goal: fabulous single payer system like the VA.

Posted by regular joe 2014-07-17 12:18|| 2014-07-17 12:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Alternate headline:

"Health Insurance Companies Accepting Bribes From White House"

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-07-17 13:00|| 2014-07-17 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Bribing? Or threatening?

Posted by Barbara 2014-07-17 14:36|| 2014-07-17 14:36|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a difference?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-07-17 20:43|| 2014-07-17 20:43|| Front Page Top

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