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- Gop Claim That Obamacare Will Hike Kentuckians' Premiums 34 Percent Is 'mostly False,' Herald-leader Says In An Analysis
A Republican Party claim that Obamacare will raise Kentuckians' health-insurance premiums 34 percent is mostly false, the Lexington Herald-Leader said in a news analysis Saturday. The National Republican Senatorial Committee made the claim in a news...
- Hike In Health Insurance Premiums Due To Rising Health Costs, Not Reform Law, Factcheck.org Concludes
Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored family plans shot up by 9 percent from 2010 to 2011, but the bulk of the hike is due to the increase in health care costs, not the federal health-care reform law, non-partisan FactCheck.org has found. ...
- New Survey Shows Dramatic Increase In Employer-sponsored Health Insurance Rates
The average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance has increased 9 percent for family coverage and 8 percent for individual coverage since last year, a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Education Trust shows....
- Illinois Small Businesses Should Shop For 2015 Health Coverage
Small business owners: are you considering all available options to find a health insurance plan that works best for your business and employees? One resource for Illinois small business owners is the Small Business Health Insurance Options Program, or...
- A Helping Hand For Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a tax credit to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees. According to a new study released today from Families USA and the Small Business Majority, 3.2 million small businesses, employing...
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Effect of new health care law on premiums debatable
Neither President Barack Obama nor Republicans who oppose him are entirely accurate about whether or not the new health care law will lower premiums. Obama insists it will, Republicans say otherwise.
Politico found Obama's claims to be somewhat of a stretch. A new report showed middle-class families could save up to $2,300 in premiums, and small businesses could save up to $350 for each family. "But that's compared to what their premiums would have been without the law," reporter David Nather determined. "There are provisions that might help some people and businesses pay less for their premiums ? just not everyone."
For example, only businesses with 10 or less full-time employees who earn wages of less $25,000 get the full 35 percent credit. Premiums may be "significantly lower" in high-risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions, "but they're still expensive," Nather reports.
Republican claims that premiums have already risen are not entirely true either. "There have been a series of premium increases by insurers across the country, but it's not always easy to tell what's really due to the law and what's not," Nather writes. Regarding its request to increase premiums by 56 percent for people who opt to buy insurance on their own, Blue Shield of California stated the increase has little to do with the new law. "These rates reflect trends that were building long before health reform," officials said.
"The bottom line is that the law's early provisions may be pushing some people's rates slightly higher, but they're probably not a big factor," Nather concludes. (Read more)
- Gop Claim That Obamacare Will Hike Kentuckians' Premiums 34 Percent Is 'mostly False,' Herald-leader Says In An Analysis
A Republican Party claim that Obamacare will raise Kentuckians' health-insurance premiums 34 percent is mostly false, the Lexington Herald-Leader said in a news analysis Saturday. The National Republican Senatorial Committee made the claim in a news...
- Hike In Health Insurance Premiums Due To Rising Health Costs, Not Reform Law, Factcheck.org Concludes
Health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored family plans shot up by 9 percent from 2010 to 2011, but the bulk of the hike is due to the increase in health care costs, not the federal health-care reform law, non-partisan FactCheck.org has found. ...
- New Survey Shows Dramatic Increase In Employer-sponsored Health Insurance Rates
The average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance has increased 9 percent for family coverage and 8 percent for individual coverage since last year, a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Education Trust shows....
- Illinois Small Businesses Should Shop For 2015 Health Coverage
Small business owners: are you considering all available options to find a health insurance plan that works best for your business and employees? One resource for Illinois small business owners is the Small Business Health Insurance Options Program, or...
- A Helping Hand For Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established a tax credit to help small businesses provide health insurance for their employees. According to a new study released today from Families USA and the Small Business Majority, 3.2 million small businesses, employing...