Peter Schiff Blasts “The Website Is Fixable, Obamacare Isn’t!” | Zero Hedge

Wait, wait, this was supposed to bend the cost curve Down… It is also ironic that high-deductible, catastrophic plans are precisely what young people should be buying in the first place. They are inexpensive because they provide coverage for unlikely, but expensive, events. Routine care is best paid for out-of-pocket by value conscious consumers. But Obamacare outlaws these plans, in favor of what amounts to prepaid medical treatment that shifts the cost of services to taxpayers. In such a system, patients have no incentive to contain costs. Since the biggest factor driving health care costs higher in the first place has been the over use of insurance that results from government-provided tax incentives, and the lack of cost accountability that results from a third-party payer system, Obamacare will bend the cost curve even higher. The fact that Obamacare does nothing to rein in costs while providing an open-ended insurance subsidy may be good news for hospitals and insurance companies, but it’s bad news for taxpayers, on whom this increased burden will ultimately fall. via Peter Schiff Blasts “The Website Is Fixable, Obamacare Isn’t!” | Zero Hedge. Lack of skin in the game. Related posts: Health Insurance Brokers Prepare Clients For Obamacare Sticker Shock – Forbes (emphasis added): By Dr. Scott Gottlieb, M.D. A California insurance... IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family | CNS News “Affordable” Care act. Un...
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