'Good times': Mickey Kaus flashes back to Ezra Klein's insurance premium guarantee

Obamacare can’t deliver a free lunch? Color us not very surprised.

The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein was (and is) on the rah-rah cheerleading squad for Obamacare. However, Daily Caller blogger Mickey Kaus drew attention to a 2009 column from Klein that has since been demonstrated to be not entirely prescient:

Good times: Here's @EzraKlein in 2009 assuring us we needn't worry abt rising rates in individual market under O'care http://t.co/iFCqOW8X7y

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 27, 2013

That bubble has since popped.

For the record, our individual rates up 40%, deductible doubled. @kausmickey @ezraklein

— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) October 27, 2013

https://twitter.com/MichaelGreenspa/status/394556361616273408

Here’s that closing line from Klein’s 2009 column:

So it’s not only true that most Americans will see their premiums go down, but it’s also true that most Americans will see their premiums go down even if you account for the better insurance plans they’ll be purchasing.

Really?

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