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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
Do you have any further info on that?
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http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pr...20100614e.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/he...1HhI8W1bg&_r=0
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I'd say you are being a bit too kind.
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Considering how much difficulty Obama has had promoting the HCB it's par for the course.
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Personally, I think this will clobber the Democrats in 2014. But I was 100% wrong on what I thought would happen in 2008.
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Depends, but I'll bet that once the "I was booted off my coverage and premiums went up" stories are replaced with "I lost my job and no preexisting conditions means I get my cancer medication" stories come forth people may quickly forget a shaky launch.
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Also Spence, what about the fact that Obama said the "average" family would save $2500 a year? Whose premiums are decreasing by that much? And for similar coverage?? I'm not heariing about reductions across the board...
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There was a story about the economist who was advising Obama in 2008 who said Obama got the talking point wrong. The $2500 figure was total health related expenses rather than directly off the premium.
-spence