If you actually read the article the o.p. linked, the assertions made are based on fact and reality, with a full bibliography in which the source studies can be seen.
Below is one example from the article. The last sentence is a real concern based on all the twenty-somethings I know, who include our kids and many friends' and neighbors' college-graduate kids who are either uninsured, under-insured, or are still on their parents' insurance while unable to get a job in their degree area and their student loan payments are looming as they work part-time as waiters and retail clerks....
"4. Minimized Youth Discount
The average 60-year-old consumes about six times as much health care as the average 20-year-old, but the AHCA mandates that insurers charge the oldest individuals in the risk pool no more than three times the lowest rate.
As a result, young individuals will pay much more than the actuarially fair amount for their premiums. Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimated that premiums will rise by 45 percent for those age 18–24, 35 percent for those age 25–29, and 26 percent for those age 30–34.[4]
Last edited by Moderator; 07-19-2013 at 01:08 PM.
Reason: edited out Obamacare - changed to AHCA
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