Study says Trump moves trigger health premium jumps for 2018

[DesertRat]

Source: ABC News

Actions by the Trump administration are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many people, according to a nonpartisan study.

The analysis released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that mixed signals from President Donald Trump have created uncertainty "far outside the norm" and led insurers to seek higher premium increases for 2018 than would otherwise have been the case.

Republicans in Congress have not delivered on their promise to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. Trump is insisting that lawmakers try again and that the health overhaul is collapsing. At the same time, he's threatened to stop billions of dollars in payments to insurers. Some Republicans are considering fallback measures to stabilize markets.

Kaiser researchers looked at proposed premiums for a benchmark silver plan across major metropolitan areas in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Overall, they found that 15 of those cities will see increases of 10 percent or more next year.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/study-trump-actions-trigger-health-premium-hikes-2018-49129908

[Sunlei]

1. meanwhile Republicans squander billions, Trillion? slaughtering in Iraq, Syria & Afganistan.

NK now too. In just 6 months!

[DesertRat]

2. Yes, and trump's actions are actively sabotaging the ACA

He doesn't give crap about the American people.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. "If I don't get my way there's going to be big doo doo!!!!!" Donald J Trump

[DesertRat]

5. "I want to get rid of all of Obama's achievements!"

[lark]

4. drumpf will veto anything that doesn't say repeal.

He's just so stupidly manic about removing evidence of the black man's presidency, it's beyond stupid.
He cares nothing about the actual content of the law, cares less than zero about the working class and poor people of our country, and couldn't be bothered to spend one second learning about the intricacies or even basics of healthcare because he doesn't give a shit if we live or die. He just wants the taxes reversed and Obama's signature win, the ACA to die.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick.

[riversedge]

7. Headline should say #sabotage

I was just going to post the article. It is sabotage!




Study: Trump actions trigger health premium hikes for 2018


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/study-trump-actions-trigger-health-premium-hikes-for-2018/ar-AApO6Gq?ocid=st

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
2 hrs ago


The analysis released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that mixed signals from President Donald Trump have created uncertainty "far outside the norm," leading insurers to seek higher premium increases for 2018 than would otherwise have been the case.

The report comes with Republicans in Congress unable to deliver on their promise to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. Trump, meanwhile, insists lawmakers try again. The president says "Obamacare" is collapsing, but he's also threatened to give it a shove by stopping billions of dollars in payments to insurers. Some leading Republicans are considering fallback measures to stabilize markets.

Researchers from the Kaiser foundation looked at proposed premiums for a benchmark silver plan across major metropolitan areas in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Overall, they found that 15 of those cities will see increases of 10 percent or more next year.

The highest: a 49 percent jump in Wilmington, Delaware. The only decline: a 5 percent reduction in Providence, Rhode Island.

About 10 million people who buy policies through HealthCare.gov and state-run markets are potentially affected, as well as another 5 million to 7 million who purchase individual policies on their own......................

[DesertRat]

8. It absolutely is sabotage!