Does that qualify as fake news? The photo doesn’t match the claim.
This is (Dorothea) Lange’s most celebrated and iconic portrait of American family life of the thirties and an image that stays in the mind for a great deal of time, such is its power. The subject is Florence Owens Thompson and the name of the photograph is Migrant Mother.
It appears that some asshole on the internet going by the name Tony Haile wants people to believe that the iPHone was available during the 1930’s.
These increases really matter only for those who buy their own insurance. Most people are unaffected by the rate increases because they get their insurance through an employer or are covered through government programs like Medicare, Medicaid or the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Only a small fraction of Americans who have insurance buy individual policies. There are about 10 million people in the Obamacare markets and around an additional seven million who buy health plans outside the marketplace, according to Obama administration estimates. The published rate increases apply only to people who shop in the markets, but premiums are expected to go up sharply for the other plans as well.
If you get a subsidy, and you’re willing to switch plans, you won’t have to pay these big increases. More than 80 percent of Obamacare customers get subsidies that help them pay the cost of their premiums. Those people do not pay the full cost of insurance out of their pockets, and they will not feel the full brunt of these increases, as long as there is a less expensive plan available in their market and they are willing to switch.
Excellent post. I’ll just add, contra Saint Cad’s assertion, that “bending the cost curve” was the goal, not reducing rates overall in absolute terms. (As you point out, rates did go down for many, of course - not to mention the other benefits of the ACA.)
Pssst, doorhinge a little hint. There is something called satire. You may have heard of it. Also pro-tip: Johnathan swift didn’t actually think cannibalism is a good idea.
