Secondly, further down in the article, it states that only 17,000 New Yorkers pay for their own health insurance. With a sample size so small compared to the entire state population, it's likely that every single one of them is an "exception" case.
Selective reading...
The new premium rates do not affect a majority of New Yorkers, who receive insurance through their employers, only those who must purchase it on their own. Because the cost of individual coverage has soared, only 17,000 New Yorkers currently buy insurance on their own. About 2.6 million are uninsured in New York State.
State officials estimate as many as 615,000 individuals will buy health insurance on their own in the first few years the health law is in effect. In addition to lower premiums, about three-quarters of those people will be eligible for the subsidies available to lower-income individuals.
Third, we already have one data point on this very thread that contradicts the NYT claim of $1,000/month for health insurance premiums.
His plan is heavily subsidized because he has a pre-existing condition. Ask him about it. A comparison to his plan is not appropriate.
And fourth, who wants to pay $1,000/month for health insurance? No one would do that unless they have health conditions that force them. That suggests that the people paying for their own insurance aren't "typical" for New Yorkers or the rest of the nation.
Ask inode what he pays in Arkansas...LOL...you live a charmed life grasshopper.
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