Medical Spending: Yet another study finds that ObamaCare is going to increase costs. And this one wasn't issued by an opponent of the Democrats' reforms. In fact, one of its authors is an ObamaCare apologist.
In an effort to determine how ObamaCare would affect Wisconsin, the state's Health Services Department commissioned Gorman Actuarial and economist Jonathan Gruber from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to assess the program.
The review was ordered up by former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, a faithful ObamaCare supporter who has claimed the law will control health care costs. He now probably wishes he hadn't asked for the analysis.
Under its "Key Findings" heading, the report says the market for individual policies "will experience premium increases as compared to pre-reform premiums."
"Prior to the application of tax subsidies, 87% of the individual market will experience an average premium increase of 41%," says the report. "The average increase for the entire individual market will be 30%."
Never mind the false promise of tax subsidies to make up for it. They'll be paid for by someone and represent a bending upward of the cost curve.
Even subsidies won't help much. The report, titled "The Impact of the ACA on Wisconsin's Health Insurance Market," says that after subsidies, "59% of the individual market will experience an average premium increase of 31%."
Also in line for increased costs is the small employer group, 53% of which "will experience a premium increase as compared to pre-reform premiums." The average premium among those who belong to this group will go up by 15%.
The Wisconsin study isn't the only injury ObamaCare has suffered of late. A Gallup poll found that through the first six months of 2011, the number of uninsured Americans has increased to 16.8%, up from 16.4% last year, 16.2% in 2009 and 14.9% during President Bush's last year in office.
That steep hill to universal coverage and lower costs that ObamaCare will supposedly conquer with its mandate that the uninsured buy insurance and its phony cost-containment provisions gets even steeper.
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