Oops!

Is this possible? His Highness announced on June 23, 2007: "I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a year."

Zitat

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama's health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer, the administration confirmed Monday. That's sure to stoke another "Obamacare" controversy days before a presidential election.

Before taxpayer-provided subsidies, premiums for a midlevel benchmark plan will increase an average of 25 percent across the 39 states served by the federally run online market, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services. Some states will see much bigger jumps, others less.

Moreover, about 1 in 5 consumers will have plans only from a single insurer to pick from, after major national carriers such as UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Aetna scaled back their roles.

"Consumers will be faced this year with not only big premium increases but also with a declining number of insurers participating, and that will lead to a tumultuous open enrollment period," said Larry Levitt, who tracks the health care law for the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcar...ocid=spartandhp

Incompetence or partial fulfillment of the original purpose to go to single payer?

Anybody ever seen "Lost In America" with Albert Brooks? (One of my all-time favorite movies...EVERY Boomer must watch.)

When I think of these premium increases I wonder how this will play in Pennsylvania and think of the casino scene: "Twenty-two, twenty-two, twenty-two, two, TWO!"

C'mon baby, double or nothing!!