Last year, they revealed all the plans on October 1st. What could cause them to delay the prices this year for over a month?
The Washington Times explains.
Excerpt:
Those planning to purchase health insurance on the Obamacare exchange will soon find out how much rates have increased — after the Nov. 4 election.
Enrollment on the Healthcare.gov website begins Nov. 15, or 11 days after the midterm vote, and critics who worry about rising premium hikes in 2015 say that’s no coincidence. Last year’s inaugural enrollment period on the health-care exchange began Oct. 1.
“This is more than just a glitch,” said Tim Phillips, president of free-market Americans for Prosperity, in a Friday statement. “The administration’s decision to withhold the costs of this law until after Election Day is just more proof that Obamacare is a bad deal for Americans.”
[…]The Iowa insurance commissioner approved last week premium increases for three insurance carriers: Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, CoOpportunity Health and Coventry Health. Two of those insurers will implement double-digit hikes ranging from 11.9 to 19 percent, the Des Moines Register reports.
[…]The issue is also resonating in the Louisiana Senate race, where Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu is seeking re-election against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy. Documents filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance show some insurers are anticipating double-digit rate hikes, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Mr. Cassidy, who’s a doctor, issued a statement Thursday calling the higher premiums “another hurdle for families and businesses already struggling under the demands of Obamacare.”
“Premiums have gone up by 53 percent for the average Louisiana policyholder and many of these policies will again see double-digit increases,” Mr. Cassidy said. “It’s unfair to Louisianans who have to balance their budgets and their businesses.”
I can understand why the Democrats would want to keep the exchange rates private before the election. They are counting on hoodwinking the American public again – vote first, find out what’s in the bill later.
Honestly, I do not know what to do but throw my hands up. Without an adversarial press the electorate will not notice. If it did not happen on the nightly news, then it did not happen at all for a majority of Americans. Heck, there are many Americans for whom it did not happen if it was not on Dancing with the Stars.
All I can do is remind myself and others that we live in a fallen world which has had a very brief respite where some semblance of sanity reigned and is now returning to its default condition. I am preparing myself and my children to be strenuously tested.
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Dancing with the stars!!! That is exactly the example I use when I discuss this indifference to current events.
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I was going to say Kardassians, but I don’t know if that is still on whereas I saw a commercial for DwtS recently.
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