Obama Whacks Alexander's 'Not Factually Accurate' Claims About Health Care (VIDEO)

Isn't it Sen Lamar Alexander (R-TN)? Isn't he a Republican?

So 'accuracy' should be 'balanced'?

"THE FACTS: Both are right, but Obama offered important context that Alexander left out."

Hell, NO!! Alexander left out the critical fact that some would CHOOSE better coverage, and made it appear they would be forced to pay more for the same coverage.

Both these guys need to read... the bottom line is that cost to the end consumer is lower, but actual cost is higher. The difference being made up by the tax payers.

Here is what the document ACTUALLY says:

Quote: "CBO and JCT estimate that the average premium per person covered (including dependents) for new nongroup policies would be about 10 percent to 13 percent higher in 2016 than the average premium for nongroup coverage in that same year under current law. About half of those enrollees would receive government subsidies that would reduce their costs well below the premiums that would be charged for such policies under current law." - End Quote

See: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/107xx/doc10781/11-30-Premiums.pdf

wivoter,
That doesn't negate that those with more affordable care will pay for better care and thus pay more into the system. According to your source, that group also only accounts for 57% of 32 million or about 10% of the 191 million of payees under the plan as described on the following page. The vast majority of people will see a reduction in premiums.