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Again, that was happening before ACA. PBS did a good job of pointing out this was going to happen even if no reform was attempted. Your side is taking what has been the practice and blaming it on ACA. You will also see if you look that some states are doing a poor job, and others are doing a good job, and that is why things vary from state to state in what we're seeing. Logically, there is no reason for ACA to be causing any increase. But don't let that sway you. As I've pointed out, years before Obama was elected, we were seeing the same types of increases. Damn Obama must have time traveled in order to make that happen.
Joe, I am going to try and respond to this on my phone so bear with me.
First, that this was happening before obamacare is pure bull! I don't think you can point to ANY time in the past where premiums for a policy have risen up to 400% along with deductible increases of the thousands we see with this. And I don't give a crap what an outlet that relies on its very existence from government, like PBS has to say on it. It's obviously a shill job. This is the federal government showing that they are not equipped to do this, and the blame game matters not on the final analysis. When all the delays and waivers expire, and this is laid bare on the people, progressives ate going to pay politically. Bank on it.
You say there is "no logical reason", and I say you are remaining willfully blind. There is NO WAY you can promise to add millions to the rolls of anything, cover more, and not have it cost more. Math is math. And the increases we are seeing today will be nothing when we compare them to next year, when we hit the realization that we have not gotten the young people in, but rather sacrificed the already insured for the older, sicker people. When that comes to light, who you gonna blame it on then? Huh?
This is a disaster, and people like you intentionally caused it. Many more will suffer for your failed ideology than would have, and it didn't have to be this way.