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Researchers combed through data available from the 15 states that publicly post all requests for rate increases in the individual market. They found that, in 2009, 74 percent of all requests came in above 10 percent. By 2012, that number had fallen to 35 percent. Preliminary data for 2013, which only cover a handful of states, shows 14 percent of rate increases asking for a double-digit bump.
Ofcourse conservatives just want the "Let him die!" health care scenario to materialize..
Let them die? Yeah, why not? How long do you intend to shoulder the costs of the terminally ill before realizing that 10 extra prescriptions or an 10 extra doctor visits couldn't keep them alive anyway?
For those who simply need a band-aid or an aspirin, how many trips to the Emergency Room do you think they deserve before you finally say "enough is enough!"?
Liberal Utopia does not exist. The sooner you folks figure that out, the better off America will be.
Does that mean the same thing as "we're cutting proposed government spending HIKES, so that means we're cutting government spending, even though government spending is going up? I mean, we're spending less of more, right?"
The number of double-digit rate increases requested by health insurers has plummeted over the past four years, according to a Friday report from the Obama administration.
A report from the Obama administration? Really?
Two new independent studies of health insurance premiums and health care spending indicate both are rising at an accelerated pace, despite President Obama’s 2008 promise to contain those costs and his pledge that his health care legislation would reduce premiums.
Does that mean the same thing as "we're cutting proposed government spending HIKES, so that means we're cutting government spending, even though government spending is going up? I mean, we're spending less of more, right?"
No, it doesn't. Insurance rates and government spending are two different issues.
Researchers combed through data available from the 15 states that publicly post all requests for rate increases in the individual market. They found that, in 2009, 74 percent of all requests came in above 10 percent. By 2012, that number had fallen to 35 percent. Preliminary data for 2013, which only cover a handful of states, shows 14 percent of rate increases asking for a double-digit bump.
Ofcourse conservatives just want the "Let him die!" health care scenario to materialize..
No, it doesn't. Insurance rates and government spending are two different issues.
Two examples of doublespeak and spin.
And if you don't see that insurance rates and the government involvement in healthcare are intertwined, then I really can't help you.
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