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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh my! U.S. sees lower-than-expected Obamacare insurance costs-(Reuters)
(Reuters) - Hoping to gain the high ground in an escalating war of words over Obamacare, the U.S. administration on Thursday forecast sharply lower than expected insurance costs for consumers and small businesses in new online state healthcare exchanges.
A report by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said data from 10 states and the District of Columbia shows preliminary 2014 premiums on the lowest-cost mid-range "silver" plans in those marketplaces to be 18 percent lower on average than earlier administration and congressional estimates.
Rates for businesses with fewer than 50 employees that purchase small-group coverage through exchanges could also be 18 percent lower than what the same plans would cost without President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law, based on data from six states, HHS said.
The report was released in conjunction with a speech by Obama on how healthcare reform is already benefiting consumers. It represents the administration's latest bid to counter Republican allegations that consumers and businesses will see sharply higher costs from the exchanges than the individual insurance plans already on the market.
The new exchanges are slated to begin enrolling as many as 7 million uninsured Americans for 2014 on October 1 in federally subsidized health plans ranging in quality from platinum, with the highest premiums, to bronze, with the lowest.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/18/us-usa-healthcare-costs-idUKBRE96H0UM20130718
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)Why did that give me a headache?
Anyway, I'm optimistic. The closer we get, the more confident I am that this will work out much better than we had hoped.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)We differ on some things but i highly respect your opinions and postings here.
trumad
(41,692 posts)You know--- I criticize Obama as much as the next guy--- but I also praise him him as well.
That is how you spot trolls here on DU.... If it's 100 percent bash Obama---they're fucking trolls.
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)and that troll infestation is far more virulent and organized
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Curious.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Just like the fucking teabaggers. They want ACA to fail and they want Obama to fail and they don't care who gets hurt in the process.
Sick fucks.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)Until October, this is the best website for figuring out the Health Care Exchange impact on one's own situation. My estimate is now down to about $250/mo in premiums, having been about $350 at the beginning of the year. Now paying almost $700 so this is a vast improvement. (At as a retiree at least I get to pay full cost to stay in the group I belonged to when working-- God knows what it would be were I on my own.)
trumad
(41,692 posts)Cha
(297,528 posts)This is the kind of news that needs to be on the front page!