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Originally Posted by Danzig
keeping 'children' on to age 26, regardless of circumstance is a huge expense.
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No it's not a "huge expense". As the facts show, above, that increased premiums for those that choose to do so by 1-3%, paid for by themselves. It is no expense at all to anybody else. So, those parents have a choice: have their child have no health insurance, or having to buy insurance in the open market, vs paying 1-3% more on an existing family premium they were already paying for the child. You pay nothing for that. Neither do your tax dollars.
Facts are a terrible thing, when you suffer from Obama Sucks Derangement Syndrome.
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they should have focused on getting more people to buy it,
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Your lack of knowledge about the subject is showing. The exchanges are not even up and running yet. How are they supposed to "buy it" when it's not yet for sale? And you do realize that it's private insurance companies that will be selling? Not the government?
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arkansas has had a program in place for years for people who can't get coverage elsewhere because of pre-existing conditions. it's administered by the state. i'd imagine other states have similar.
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??? The state exchanges under Obamacares are going to be created, tailored and administered by the states. They have alot of freedom setting up the exchanges. In fact, a few states are just going right to single payer.
Face it: private insurers are trying to suck you dry before the law prevents them from further doing so, and they have you believing it isn't their fault or sole doing.
From Factcheck.org
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/11/the...ance-premiums/
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The Truth About Health Insurance Premiums
The new law has brought increases for some. But GOP leaders exaggerate.
Summary
Leading Republicans in Congress are blaming the new health care law for double-digit rate increases being sought by insurance companies in Washington state, New York and Connecticut. But insurance regulators, leading health care experts and the companies themselves mostly blame an old culprit: rising medical costs.
Improved benefits required by the new law are responsible for a relatively small portion of the increases. Furthermore, the increases apply mostly to those buying policies individually, not the majority who get private insurance through employers. Those with employer-provided plans won’t see as much of an increase in premiums, since many of their policies already include the required benefits, a spokesman for an insurance trade association told us.
Some Republicans have claimed the law is responsible for "whopping" premium increases, but they have misrepresented the facts in the process.
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