Be careful what you wish for

Published April 5, 2014

By Carter Wrenn, Talking About Politics, April 4, 2014.

A year ago when my health insurance went up I grumbled and blamed Blue Cross. Then, this year, my new bill arrived and the premium went up again even more. But this time I didn’t blame Blue Cross. I laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of one man: Barack Obama.

 

In bygone days, when George Bush wanted to invade Iraq Colin Powell warned, Sure, you can whip Iraq, but that’s not the problem – the problem is after you whip Iraq you own it. What happens then?

 

Back in 2009, someone should have warned President Obama, Sure, you can pass Obamacare, but the problem is after you do you ‘own’ healthcare – every premium increase is going to be your premium increase.  

 

The President moved heaven and earth and won but now, five years later, it hasn’t turned out the way he expected: Every time a premium goes up he gets blamed. Which proves the old proverb, Be careful what you wish for…

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April 5, 2014 at 9:19 am
TP Wohlford says:

My shrink tells me that his family policy increased by $1000.... PER MONTH. Due to ACA.

Due to ACA, I lost my BCBS policy, and my rates went up by $300 PER MONTH. And since they rolled me over, I'm betting I was part of the initial 200,000 that were supposed to have gone to ObamaCare.

April 6, 2014 at 9:24 am
Patricia Johnson says:

April 7, 2014 at 6:53 am
TP Wohlford says:

So Ms Johnson --

I subsidize your health insurance. That's what you said.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and think that your "cost" is with a "tax credit", right? Do you understand that if you make too much money, you and your hubby are on the hook for the entire subsidy amount?

Let me repeat -- you will owe that $12,000+ in subsidy you're getting now. Can you afford that?