Late last week, a post by Avik Roy on possible increases to health insurance premiums in California went viral. So viral, in fact, that it was apparently Forbes’ fastest ever to reach a million page views:
This is @forbes‘ fastest post to hit 1M pageviews. Cheers, @avik!forbes.com/sites/theapoth…
— Kate Pierce (@Kate_Pierce) June 1, 2013
It’s pretty easy to see why. The headline asserts that the Affordable Care Act could drive individual insurance premiums in California up by as much as 146%, and contrasts with a report from California that showed that premiums would rise by less than what was expected.
While people don’t understand the law particularly well, they do understand what they pay for health insurance.
One problem: That number, the number that Drudge Report, The Daily Caller, and others picked up is
misleading.
The Viral Post Predicting Massive Obamacare Rate Shock Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story | Business Insider Australia
Thought you might be interested.