Work-Based Health Premiums For Families Up $4,865 Since 2008

**Lucille** · 09-24-2015, 08:35 AM

Because Barry's Big Fascist Medical System was a medical insurance industry bailout. That's what gives. And the criminally stupid progs still defend it, and still don't realize they're fascists.

Work-Based Health Premiums For Families Up $4,865 Since 2008
Obama had promised cuts of up to $2,500. What gives? Your wallet, mostly.
https://reason.com/blog/2015/09/24/w...s-for-families

Since 2008, average family premiums have climbed a total of $4,865.

That's not the end of the story. Since 2006, the average annual increase for family plans through work has been just under 5 percent. That's down from 10 percent a year between 1999-2005. So that's good, right?

Indeed, the White House cheered the new figure, because they say it's a clear sign that Obamacare is bending the cost curve down and all that. Maybe, but what did the president actually promise voters about work-based family premiums for health insurance?

Merline again:

Slightly less higher premiums aren't what President Obama promised Americans when he ran for office touting his medical overhaul. He specifically said his plan would cut premiums.

"We will start," Obama said back in 2008, "by reducing premiums by as much as $2,500 per family."

That $2,500 figure was Obama's mantra on health care. You can watch the video if you don't believe it.

And Obama wasn't talking about government subsidized insurance or expanding Medicaid or anything like that. He specifically focused on employer provided health care.