As many journalists focused on the
technical problems of HealthCare.gov, the website for
signing up for the Affordable Care Act, few looked at a much more serious
problem — the actual cost of Obamacare for individuals and families.
I had resisted the tendency to test the
system, but cheery emails and updates sent to me from aides to Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, got me
curious about what was behind the curtain.
A few anecdotal stories popped up about
higher premiums like The Daily Beast’s David Frum harrumphing about having to pay $200 more a
month with a significantly higher deductible.
President Obama said families would save
an average of $2,500 a year, but that certainly would not apply to me if I had
to buy my current insurance coverage under the new program. The plan for my
wife, my daughter and me, which costs $4,604.52 a year through Temple University, would run
an estimated $14,472.72. That’s an increase of nearly $10,000 a year, or more
than 200 percent.
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