It’s certainly not classified that Vox has the ability to respond to an attack on the Obama administration in just four minutes, but something unexpected happened Monday when the site posted its voxsplanation of the coming double-digit increases in Obamacare insurance premiums: senior editor Sarah Kliff concluded that the increases could be “the start of a possible death spiral for the Obamacare marketplaces.”
https://twitter.com/sarahkliff/status/790668389396123649
— Shane Styles (@shaner5000) October 24, 2016
when do we get to keep our plan, keep our doctor and save $2,500?
— Wingo is a Jedi name ?? (@mikepinkshoes) October 24, 2016
Was this unexpected? It couldn't have worked any other way.
— Brian G (@Sir_Fahrenheit) October 24, 2016
Where is the marker Matt? @sarahkliff @voxdotcom @mattyglesias pic.twitter.com/UEBd911WkM
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) October 24, 2016
Gee nobody could have predicted this beforehand but Progressives are like totes smart.
— Offender In Chief (@chief_offender) October 24, 2016
Kliff writes that there are two interpretations of the huge hike in premiums: either it could be a one-time course correction, or “we’ll keep seeing big rate increases as the population gets sicker and sicker.” If only someone had sounded that warning before it was rammed through Congress.
Lots of sites will be weighing in on this latest Obamacare nightmare, but Vox deserves special consideration, considering that Vox.com was launched under the leadership of former Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein, whose Affordable Care Act cheerleading was cited by the Democrats in their tweets.
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/5842520160
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
This might be my favorite. https://t.co/iMbDZzPIaJ
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) October 24, 2016
Great work https://t.co/OqgOlwPs9L
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) October 24, 2016
Here are a couple of other Vox shockers from Kliff, Klein, and company back in August that surely no one saw coming — almost as if Obamacare had been set up to fail.
Public option? Status quo? Collapse? What comes next for Obamacare. https://t.co/bbS3Q5o7us
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 18, 2016
There's a simple fix for Obamacare's current woes: the public option https://t.co/xEgJisMyGK
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 19, 2016
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Related:
'Clown show over there at Vox': Ezra Klein diagnoses Right with 'Obamacare Derangement Syndrome' http://t.co/pnWGDgbKXo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 14, 2014
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