How about comparing premium increases to BEFORE it was clear that the law was going to allow the government to restrict premium increases at some not too distant future date? In 2010, insurers were increasing their rates for the costs they could see coming, before the government started restricting their ability to do so. Going forward, insurers will just stop writing policies when they cannot recoup their costs.

My health insurance insurance increased 20% this year.

As someone who has paid for their own health insurance for 19 years...um I call b/s. Since zippycare has been signed off on the premium has increased 4 times. You Baker, are a liar and go wipe your face...your behind kissing is showing.

More Washington smoke.
I live in Orange County, CA and just got a notice for an 85% increase in long term insurance.
Thanks a lot you jug eared goat lover!

Seriously...do these people actually read any news?

We realize the MSM is shilling for the admin as hard as it can, but in the real world - every objective, reliable news source out there says this is the health-care-law-from-hell - particularly in it´s burgeoning effect on *prices*.

Another thing we learn from actual news? There´s pretty well *nothing* this administration *won´t* lie about...

Our insurance premiums went up dramatically, and just to be nice so did our deductible (up 100%).
So now we pay more, get less and must be thankful to the kenyan idiot.
How I yearn for the 60s when God was allowed, people were polite and gay meant happy.

Hey Sam Baker, what planet are you living on?

We live with a pathetic political climate because the majority of Americans are low information voters who allow the media and the democrats (I repeat myself) to tell them what to think. democrats are on the emotional side of every issue which appeals to the low information voter. That’s why the democrats demagogue every issue, and can get away with it.

From "Animal Farm":
"About this time there occurred a strange incident which hardly anyone was able to understand. One night at about twelve o´clock there was a loud crash in the yard, and the animals rushed out of their stalls. It was a moonlight night. At the foot of the end wall of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written, there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paint-brush, and an overturned pot of white paint. The dogs immediately made a ring round Squealer, and escorted him back to the farmhouse as soon as he was able to walk. None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing."

Post hoc ergo proctor hoc?

Twilight zone? Alternate universe? We live in a new and bizarre world where if you just say something (and are a liberal democrat) then it is true.

The administation knows it can now lie openly, with impunity, and not only will the media remain silent they will aid in the cover up - see the article on Chuck Todd using his news show to tell people Republicans thought up sequestration. It doesn´t matter what the truth is. They just need to keep feeding lies to the 50% who will believe anything they are told. These people are ignorant, they know they are ignorant, but they cannot admit it, so we can never convince them to listen to the truth. Very dark days are ahead, because when things turn bad, they will lash out at those who have become ´unacceptable.

Back on planet earth...CA Healthnet, Family HSA, $10k deductible, 2009 $591/mo, 2013 $1201/mo - deductible went from $7500 to $10k..but we (late 50´s) have pregnancy coverage, birth control and "free" services we don´t use and would not contract if we were free to spend our own after tax money

This is just like Obama´s definition of budget cuts. He increases spending by more than billion a year then claims massive cuts when the rate of increase falls to 2% from 8%.

They must be talking about congress, everyone I know had an increase in premiums....

I don´t know a single person (NOT ONE!) who is not paying more now than before Obamacare. See this is the type of lies that are killing you and you don´t even know it´s happening to you.

Anyone that would try to feed you this line should be committed! They have to be completely out of their damn minds. Should be fired if not something worse!

My premiums went from $132 a paycheck to $400 a paycheck. I had to drop my coverage. Thanks you a hole.

The rise in rates has fallen or the rates are still rising, but not as fast...what gobblygook.

Name someplace where the rates decreased.