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The Rest of America Needs Reprieve from ObamaCare Too

Posted by Don Seymour | July 8, 2013 | Permalink

If the president can acknowledge that businesses need an exemption from his health care law’s mandates, when will he admit the rest of America needs the same reprieve? While the administration is delaying the employer mandate until after midterm elections, “the individual mandate, which hits average Americans and happens to be supported by insurance industry lobbyists, is still on track to be implemented in 2014,” says the Washington Examiner. We already know ObamaCare is forcing employers to cut wages and hours, and making it harder to hire. But for many average Americans, ObamaCare’s mandates also mean: Skyrocketing premiums: “The law’s heavy-handed approach to the health insurance market massively drives up premiums for the average person,” says Forbes. Average premiums on the individual market will double under the law. A person buying an individual policy in Ohio, for example, will pay an average of nearly $200 more – every month. Bottom line: ObamaCare is “bending the cost curve” up instead of down. They can’t keep their plan: In California, for example, insurers are fleeing the government-run exchange where individuals will be forced to buy coverage. UnitedHealth’s exit will “force about 8,000 customers to find new coverage,” and 49,000 people with Aetna coverage “will have to find plans with other carriers by year-end.” Paying for coverage they don’t want, losing care they need: ObamaCare requires young and healthy Americans “to purchase more coverage than they might want or need,” forcing them to subsidize “those with a much higher cost of care.” The law could also “disproportionately hurt poor seniors and minorities” – seniors, for example, could lose access to care they need because of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Plus, after three years, the Obama administration clearly still isn’t ready to manage its law.  The Washington Post reported that “[t]he federal government has faced multiple delays.” The administration won’t even “attempt to verify individual eligibility for insurance subsidies” next year, says the Wall Street Journal, “and instead will rely on self-reporting” (the honor system). As Speaker Boehner said, “the president admits that his health care law is a drag on businesses” – it’s time to admit the rest of America needs the same protection from its onerous mandates.