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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:00 pm
"Last year, millions of Americans opened letters from their insurance companies -- but instead of the usual dread that comes from getting a bill -- they were pleasantly surprised with a check," Obama said. "In 2012, 13 million rebates went out, in all 50 states. Another 8.5 [million] rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging around 100 bucks each."
The president singled out by name some of the Americans for whom the rebates are making a difference.
"And this is happening all across the country, and it’s happening because of the Affordable Care Act," he said. "It hasn’t been reported on a lot. I bet if you took a poll, most folks wouldn’t know when that check comes in that this was because of Obamacare (laughter) -- that they got this extra money in their pockets. But that's what's happening," he said.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, health care premiums for the average family cost $15,745 in 2012 -– an increase of $1,975 from the $13,770 they cost in 2010, the year President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Employees pick up some, but not all, of that cost.
But President Obama says competition in the new health care exchanges will bring premiums down for individuals who do not get insurance through their employers
Workers at lower-wage firms on average pay $1,000 more each year out of their paychecks for family coverage than workers at higher-wage firms ($4,977 and $3,968, respectively). This occurs even though the firms with many lower-wage workers on average pay less in total premiums for family coverage than firms with many higher-wage workers ($14,694 and $16,427, respectively).
In addition, workers at lower-wage firms are also more likely to face high deductibles than those at higher-wage firms.
http://kff.org/private-insurance/press- ... ercent-to/
wow, Obama - thanks for the rebate - 100 bucks really offsets that added $1000+...you are an economic genius..... now that you checked us for a hernia are you ready to check the prostate?
By the way, nice vote of confidence delaying your own law from being implemented.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapotheca ... ce-market/
lame duck Presidency beginning in 3....2....
The president singled out by name some of the Americans for whom the rebates are making a difference.
"And this is happening all across the country, and it’s happening because of the Affordable Care Act," he said. "It hasn’t been reported on a lot. I bet if you took a poll, most folks wouldn’t know when that check comes in that this was because of Obamacare (laughter) -- that they got this extra money in their pockets. But that's what's happening," he said.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, health care premiums for the average family cost $15,745 in 2012 -– an increase of $1,975 from the $13,770 they cost in 2010, the year President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Employees pick up some, but not all, of that cost.
But President Obama says competition in the new health care exchanges will bring premiums down for individuals who do not get insurance through their employers
Workers at lower-wage firms on average pay $1,000 more each year out of their paychecks for family coverage than workers at higher-wage firms ($4,977 and $3,968, respectively). This occurs even though the firms with many lower-wage workers on average pay less in total premiums for family coverage than firms with many higher-wage workers ($14,694 and $16,427, respectively).
In addition, workers at lower-wage firms are also more likely to face high deductibles than those at higher-wage firms.
http://kff.org/private-insurance/press- ... ercent-to/
wow, Obama - thanks for the rebate - 100 bucks really offsets that added $1000+...you are an economic genius..... now that you checked us for a hernia are you ready to check the prostate?
By the way, nice vote of confidence delaying your own law from being implemented.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapotheca ... ce-market/
lame duck Presidency beginning in 3....2....