Spin in the cancelled-policy articles

All the articles about cancelled Individual Insurance plans have some variation of this spin in them: For some who have received the letters, the new plans being offered are more expensive, but for others — especially those who qualify for a federal subsidy to bring down the cost of the premium — their insurance bill will go down. via Canceled health insurance plans add to angst of change | Local News | The Seattle Times. Emphasis added. Here’s the thing: people (like me) in the Individual market don’t have IBM or Exxon sitting across the table from an insurance company, dealing from a position of some strength. We’re individuals. We’re independent Contractors (me), self employed and scraping by, or doing well. We looked at our options, bought plans we could afford, and realized there are tradeoffs from a cost/benefits standpoint. Not a lot of people in that group bought a soup-to-nuts expensive plan (some did, most don’t). The emphasized thing above is pure spin on the part of the writers. I have no doubt they’ve been told this over and over, but I have yet to see one article about someone in the Indy market that got a ‘better’ plan that dropped in price. There will be a few, but most if not all will see their costs go up. Just so you see it for what it is. Related posts: Peter Schiff Blasts “The Website Is Fixable, Obamacare Isn’t!” | Zero Hedge Wait, wait, this was supposed to bend the cost curve... Fed...
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