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Insurance premiums are going up, employee plans are going up to the companies, this is only the beginning. If it makes you feel better that it's only 14 cents increase for one item(that is visible, not counting other cost increases) before the entire turd has started to smell then I don't know what to tell you Deuce. The bill isn't even fully implemented until 2016 and it is constantly able to be changed without congressional input through the NHS, these are initial increases. So, .14$ for a pizza, 120$ for a Ford, .30$ for a gallon of gas, it adds up.
I'd take what we have now over:
In 2008, the average annual premiums for
employer-sponsored health insurance are
$4,704 for single coverage and $12,680
for family coverage, up about 5% from
the 2007 average premiums.
2
Since 1999,
average premiums for family coverage
have increased 119% (Exhibit A). Average
premiums for family coverage are lower for
workers in small firms (3–199 workers)
than for workers in large firms (200 or
more workers). Premiums are higher
in self-funded plans than fully insured
plans for single and family coverage.
Average premiums for HDHP/SOs are
lower than the overall average for all plan
types for both single and family coverage
(Exhibit B).
http://ehbs.kff.org/images/abstract/7791.pdf