Posts Tagged ‘premiums’

Germany cuts health care spending, raises premiums

Faced with a ballooning deficit in Germany's health care system, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government decided Tuesday to raise premiums and cut into the profits of doctors, dentists, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers. > Germany's once highly regarded mandatory health insurance covers about 72 million people, or 90 [Continue]

New coverage for young adults will raise premiums

WASHINGTON – Letting young adults stay on their parents' health insurance until they turn 26 will nudge premiums nearly 1 percent higher for employer plans, the government said in an estimate released Monday… View full post on Latest Articles [Continue]

Democrats Finally Admit Premiums Will Rise Under Government Takeover of Health Care

After Democrats Spend One Trillion Dollars, Health Insurance Will be More Expensive Today, the New York Times reports Democrats are scrambling to prevent the predicted health insurance premium increases that are coming for millions of families as a result of their big government health care overhaul. Just one month after becoming law, Democrats, [Continue]

Obama: Premiums Will Fall 3,000%

Obama: Premiums Will Fall 3,000%

This is a great story found on Rush Limbaugh’s website. Obama was in Ohio “campaigning” again. I think there was all of 200 people that. Wow, they found that many? source: Rush Limbaugh website… Here’s the story: RUSH: Audio sound bites. This is Obama yesterday in Strongville, Ohio. This whole appearance yesterday was [Continue]

Durbin: Of Course Premiums Will Still Go Up With Obamacare

    Not exactly a shocker, but Dick Durbin gives the nuanced explanation that they’re looking to slow down the rate of increases, not stop increases altogether.  Unfortunately, that misrepresents what the CBO has already said about premiums under Obamacare — and ignores what has already happened to premiums without it. [Continue]

HHS warns of double-digit spike in health premiums

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eye-popping health insurance premium increases of up to 39 percent are not an exception but a worrisome sign of the times, the Obama administration said in a report Thursday. Proposed premium increases by Anthem Blue Cross for Californians purchasing their own coverage set off a wave of criticism and forced the company [Continue]