Six Things The Media Has Missed About Obamacare

Posted November 18, 2013 19:34 by Alan

Thanks to Greg Sargent for pointing us to Jonathan Cohn. The media has loved putting on disgruntled medical insurance consumers to talk about how horrible they have it with the new Obamacare. They haven’t told the whole story. Here are some things the media has missed, particularly about the 3% they keep talking about who are complaining.

1. PEOPLE WITH THESE POLICIES FREQUENTLY DON’T LIKE THEM.

2. PEOPLE WITH THESE POLICIES DON’T TYPICALLY HAVE THEM FOR VERY LONG.

3. MANY, PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE WITH THESE POLICIES WILL FIND OBAMACARE POLICIES COST THEM LESS.

4. THE PEOPLE GETTING WORSE DEALS TEND TO BE MORE AFFLUENT.

5. PAYING MORE FOR INSURANCE MIGHT MEAN PAYING LESS FOR MEDICAL CARE.

6. JUST BECAUSE YOU LIKED YOUR POLICY THIS YEAR, THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU’D LIKE IT NEXT YEAR.