Elected officials abandoned consumers on Obamacare

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Elected officials abandoned consumers on Obamacare
Tampa Bay Times, John Romano

Strange, but consumers getting ripped off may not be the worst part of what you are about to read.

It's true your health insurance rates could go higher than necessary because the state's insurance commissioner no longer has the authority to stop them, but that almost becomes incidental to the larger issue.

And the fact that folks in other states have seen significant drops in rates because their officials did their jobs and negotiated with insurers, seems merely annoying.

No, I'd say the worst part of this story — the part that should make you tremble with anger — is that your elected officials did this to you. And they did it on purpose.

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1. Why should they skip health care? They are destroying everything else possible. Keep us too ill and

too tired to fight them to do what we sent them to do.

Sorry, just felt a bit cynical when I read the title.

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2. whose rates are going down?

please be as specific as you can be.
thanks.

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3. Reuters, July 18: U.S. sees lower-than-expected Obamacare insurance costs

U.S. sees lower-than-expected Obamacare insurance costs
Reuters, July 18, 2013

A report by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said data from 10 states and the District of Columbia shows preliminary 2014 premiums on the lowest-cost mid-range "silver" plans in those marketplaces to be 18 percent lower on average than earlier administration and congressional estimates.

Rates for businesses with fewer than 50 employees that purchase small-group coverage through exchanges could also be 18 percent lower than what the same plans would cost without President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law, based on data from six states, HHS said.

The report was released in conjunction with a speech by Obama on how healthcare reform is already benefiting consumers. It represents the administration's latest bid to counter Republican allegations that consumers and businesses will see sharply higher costs from the exchanges than the individual insurance plans already on the market.

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Also check the article linked to here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023447242

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5. Why do you say we're doomed?

Single payer would be much better for employers, employees, and consumers.

Oh...and your article uses Fox News as a source.