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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749747)	10/27/2013 2:02:05 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574674

>Maybe it would help if I actually posted the link: Some health insurance gets pricier as Obamacare rolls out Ah, we were over this one. And the key word is "some." That particular woman happens to make a pretty good living, and she had pretty shitty insurance. The percentage of people that are self-employed and make a decent amount of money that have such crappy plans to the point that they'd see that kind of disparity is likely pretty small. If a couple percent of the population pay an extra thousand a year, but most people pay less and tens of millions get insurance that they otherwise wouldn't have at all, is that an acceptable outcome for you? -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (749747)	10/27/2013 3:49:17 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574674

>> Maybe it would help if I actually posted the link: Operative term there is "Some"; eventually, we're going to know how many healthy young people -- the ones with much higher premiums -- sign up, and that will tell the story. Z, being a New Yorker, may be under the impression that 20-and-30-somethings are not going to be shocked at the price increase, since NY prices are already sky high. But in most other places, the sticker shock has begun to set in. If they don't make the 2.7 Million, and if they miss badly, as they probably will, the taxpayer cost is going sky high. Not at first, since they have a built-in buffer (some would say slush fund) for that potential outcome. But over time, these premiums are headed up in a very big way.