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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: neolib who wrote (236889)11/5/2013 9:39:24 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (2) of 542043
 
The premiums aren't zero sum. There are additional taxes that pay for a substantial sum of the projected subsidies. The taxes are on a variety of items and institutions--medical devices (deemed fair because they will see a lot more business with the additional insured), tanning salons, hospitals, and others that I am forgetting off-hand.

The fact is that the insurance companies are playing the game of "Let's raise the rates as high as we can now, because we will be restricted later on", and of course blaming it on Obamacare, either explicitly or implicitly.

In one example given a day or two ago, a guy was told that his rates increased by about $300/month due to the necessity of covering maternity care. This is ridiculous nonsense, as anyone with a brain who hasn't become rabidly opposed to Obamacare will see if he just exercises his brain for a few minutes.
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