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Health Premiums Up $3,065; Obama Vowed $2500 Cut
During his first run for president, Barack Obama made one very specific promise to voters: He would cut health insurance premiums for families by $2,500, and do so in his first term.
But it turns out that family premiums have increased by more than $3,000 since Obama's vow, according to the latest annual Kaiser Family Foundation employee health benefits survey.
Premiums for employer-provided family coverage rose $3,065 — 24% — from 2008 to 2012, the Kaiser survey found. Even if you start counting in 2009, premiums have climbed $2,370.
What's more, premiums climbed faster in Obama's four years than they did in the previous four under President Bush, the survey data show.
Another O'GreatOne "Shovel Ready" PromiseThis topic is deleted.-
They must have lied to everyone.
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You silly, silly man, who has raised the premiums could it be the Wellpoint, Humana, Aetna and other insurance companies that are really looking after you interests. Ha! ha! ha!
- 1 Reply to cauldlad2000
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Idiot cauld. So,you expect the insurance Cos. to lose money because of some idiotic new mandated Obama regulation? Go back to econ 101!
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"At a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio, in February 2008, Obama promised that "We are going to work with you to lower your premiums by $2,500. We will not wait 20 years from now to do it, or 10 years from now to do it. We will do it by the end of my first term as president."
- 1 Reply to lyarinchief
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"And ObamaCare will continue to fuel health premium inflation.
First, the law piles on new coverage mandates. It requires insurance companies to provide 100% coverage for various types of preventive care, bans lifetime coverage limits, extends parents' coverage to offspring up to 26 years old, and requires plans to meet certain "medical loss ratios." Coming up are rules on "essential standard benefits," limits on deductibles, bans on annual spending caps, and much more."
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