Yes, ObamaCare will get worse, and here’s why according to the Washington Examiner’s Byron York.
In the small-group market, Laszewski predicts many employers will use a feature in the law that allows them to keep their current plans for about a year. But then: “They will likely increase employee premiums and deductibles to keep the wolf from the door for maybe another year.” And after that: They will “hope for a rescue party.” Not a particularly encouraging scenario for those 45 million people in the market.
And that is why there is more and more talk about Obamacare’s “winners” and “losers.” It has become impossible to defend President Obama’s promise that his health care scheme would make the system work “better for everybody.” It’s also impossible to defend his claim that Obamacare would “cut the average family’s premium by about $2,500 per year.” And now even Americans who receive health coverage through their jobs are growing worried that Obama’s if-you-like-your-coverage-you-can-keep-it promise, proven false for millions in the individual market, will prove just as false for them.
ObamaCare is failed policy. It must be repealed and replaced with a consumer-driven insurance marketplace for insurance that provides a menu of choices to meet the individual needs and wants of the American consumer.
