On the other hand, older people fare better; the average 64-year-old who makes less than 111 percent of the median income for 64-year-olds will spend less on premiums than he did before.
Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ernest Prabhakar Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 11:00 AM To: Centroids Discussions Subject: [RC] Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg. Individual-Market Insurance Premiums By 99% For Men, 62% For Women - Forbes Forbes isn't what it used to be (if it ever was :-), but this sounds pretty credible. Then a http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/25/double-down-obamacare-w ill-increase-avg-individual-market-insurance-premiums-by-99-for-men-62-for-w omen/ <http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/25/double-down-obamacare- will-increase-avg-individual-market-insurance-premiums-by-99-for-men-62-for- women/?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email> Based on a Manhattan Institute analysis of the HHS numbers, Obamacare will increase underlying insurance rates for younger men by an average of 97 to 99 percent, and for younger women by an average of 55 to 62 percent. Worst off is North Carolina, which will see individual-market rates triple for women, and quadruple for men. HHS releases a trickle of data and a load of spin Earlier this month, I and two colleagues from the Manhattan Institute-Yevgeniy Feyman and Paul Howard-published an interactive map that detailed Obamacare's impact on individually-purchased health insurance premiums in 13 states plus D.C. As the accompanying article described, Obamacare increased premiums in those states by an average of 24 percent. But those states were largely blue states that had set up their own, state-based insurance exchanges. The big data dump that we've been waiting for, since then, is from the majority of states that didn't set up their own state-based exchange. That data is the responsibility of the Obama administration, namely HHS. Finally, with less than a week to go before the exchanges are supposed to go on-line, HHS has released a slim, 15-page report and a press release that summarize some of the premium data. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
