Now we know why Obama was hitting the Obamacare talking points so hard last week. He knew this news was coming.
— Jason (@jasonelevation) October 24, 2016
As Twitchy told you, a new report by the Obama administration has revealed what Obamacare skeptics have been warning about for years: ACA health care plan premiums are expected to rise by double-digit percentages on average — and consumers will have fewer health plans to choose from.
Now, if you’ll recall, we’ve spent the past several years being castigated by Obamacare proponents who insisted that our fears were unfounded and that we had no clue what we were talking about. Among the finger-waggers? The fine folks at the OFA Truth Team. If you’re up for a stroll down Memory Lane, we invite you to look at this:
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/790664607329247232
Fact checkers: No, health insurance premiums will not rise under Obamacare. http://t.co/kkbAnlk9
— OFA TruthTeam (@OFATruthTeam) October 17, 2012
Hoo boy. The awkwardness factor is already high given that the Truth Team straight-up lied. But when you toss in the detail that the Obama administration themselves have conceded that premiums will skyrocket while choice plummets? There aren’t enough washcloths in the world to wipe all that egg off the Truth Team’s — and PolitiFact’s — face.
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/790665324932636672
LOL….looks like Politifact is wrong again!
— Ryan (@RMD1417) October 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/jdbissell1980/status/790666390709624832
https://twitter.com/BethReece/status/790665273477062656
Ooo! Ooo! Since we’re already here, would you care for some bonuses (via @JimmyPrinceton)?
The stakes are enormous—if we don't get this done, your premiums are guaranteed to go up. http://bit.ly/5z9oXL
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 16, 2009
FACT: When Obamacare is fully implemented, economists predict that family health insurance premiums will be about $2,000 less.
— OFA TruthTeam (@OFATruthTeam) October 4, 2012
.@MittRomney seems okay with big insurance companies hiking your premiums by 30, 40 or 50%: http://j.mp/9MdeuV #HCR
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) March 3, 2010
Republicans are using tall tales to tell people ObamaCare is bad. Democrats have TRUE stories of real Americans whose premiums are lower.
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) February 26, 2014
This might be my favorite. https://t.co/iMbDZzPIaJ
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) October 24, 2016
WaPo's @EzraKlein: "premiums will go down for the vast majority of Americans" under health reform. http://bit.ly/7ZefiP
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) December 1, 2009
And then there are these from just today, straight from the horse’s mouth:
Guess we know why the Obama Twitter account was doing this today. pic.twitter.com/gGznUtcyfN
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) October 24, 2016
Guess so.
Really not much to celebrate here, but if there’s one silver lining in this Obamacare news, it’s this: Those of us who insisted that the Affordable Care Act would be a flaming disaster have been vindicated. Spectacularly so.
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Related:
‘Unexpectedly!’ Report: Obamacare premiums to increase by DOUBLE-DIGIT percentages
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