Topic: Sebelius Admits What We All Knew: Obamacare is raising costs

[IronDioPriest]

The name "Sebelius" just sounds evil to me. But I digress.

This snake finally admits what we knew all along - that ObamaCare will increase costs, and that it is a massive redistribution of wealth that will force people to accept government subsidy.

SEBELIUS: YEP, OBAMACARE IS RAISING INSURANCE COSTS

A watershed moment in the ongoing disaster of ObamaCare, as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finally admits that health insurance premiums are rising because of the President’s health insurance takeover, per the Wall Street Journal:
[blockquote]Ms. Sebelius’s remarks come weeks before insurers are expected to begin releasing rates for plans that start on Jan. 1, 2014, when key provisions of the health law kick in. Premiums have been a sensitive subject for the Obama administration, which is counting on elements in the health law designed to increase competition among insurers to keep rates in check. The administration has pointed to subsidies that will be available for many lower-income Americans to help them with the cost of coverage.

The secretary’s remarks are among the first direct statements from federal officials that people who have skimpy health plans right now could face higher premiums for plans that are more generous. She noted that the law requires plans to provide better benefits and treat all customers equally regardless of their medical claims.

“These folks will be moving into a really fully insured product for the first time, and so there may be a higher cost associated with getting into that market,” she said. “But we feel pretty strongly that with subsidies available to a lot of that population that they are really going to see much better benefit for the money that they’re spending.”

Ms. Sebelius added that those customers currently pay more for their health care if their plans have high out-of-pocket costs, high deductibles or exclude particular types of coverage, such as mental health treatment. She also said that some men and younger customers could see their rates increase while women and older customers could see their rates drop because the law restricts insurers’ ability to set rates based on age and gender.[/blockquote]

Don’t worry, folks, ObamaCare is blowing premiums through the roof, but there will be subsidies available for lower-income Americans!  That means the rest of us will get screwed twice - once when we pay our higher insurance premiums, then again when we pay for all those lovely subsidies...

More linked @ Human Events...

[charlesoakwood]

Most of 'the rest of you' are mostly western Europeans aren't you?
And you western Europeans are the imperialist, colonialist, SOB's who infested those warehouses human purity, the continents of Africa and the America's.  Ø, bringing social liberation from virulent European influence to the world.

[Libertas]

On your knees, knaves!

http://www.washingtonguardian.com/study-health-overhaul-raise-claims-cost-32-pct-1

Costs to explode, services and treatment to be denied, people told to STFU and die already, medical "professionals" to bail and the leftovers will be the dregs of the industry...

ObamaCare, it's gonna kill ya one way or another!  What a fricken sweet deal, eh?!

ETA -

ObamaCare will pay for Kagan, Napolitano, DeLauro et al "finish" their surgeries...

http://washingtonexaminer.com/in-shift-medicare-would-pay-for-sex-change-operations/article/2525782

 

That'll blow the lid off costs!

[Libertas]

Pay, peasants!  This is the hopey-changey you've been waiting for!  Assume the position!!!

http://washingtonexaminer.com/insurers-predict-100-400-obamacare-rate-explosion/article/2529523

[Glock32]

What? I thought it was supposed to be free.

[Libertas]

What?  No riots?