"NC Blue Cross announces rate increase of 24.3 percent for ACA marketplace plans"

"Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has announced it will increase premiums for Affordable Care Act plans on the individual market by an average 24.3 percent for 2017. Some consumers will pay more and some will pay less.

That is higher than the company’s original rate request filed in May for an 18.8 percent increase. The rate was approved by the state Department of Insurance

It's silly to say that the ACA is "mathematically unsustainable."

ACA is quite sustainable.

The ACA will (slightly) reduce the federal deficit

because "how we pay for it" has already been nailed down in the law.

Dr. Andrew Brod

...Blue Cross received an average 32.5 percent rate increase for 2016 – one of the highest in the country.

...According to the Blue Cross blog, the bigger rate increase was necessary because UnitedHealthcare and Aetna both are withdrawing from the state’s ACA marketplace for 2017.

The ACA as a whole, including Medicaid expansion, 

will slightly reduce the deficit during the next 10 years, 

precisely because it includes various taxes and fees. 

Expanding Medicaid might mean bigger government, 

but not a bigger deficit.

Andrew Brod

March 28, 2014

Like its competitors, Blue Cross also has reported losses on its ACA business – $405 million in 2014 and 2015.

Most Democrats are just as guilty as many Republicans 

for allowing our health care system 

to become what appears to be a Ponzi like skimming operation.

...Premiums without the subsidy will be a “significant challenge for many people” who buy plans through the ACA marketplace, Blue Cross said. “The 24.3 percent average rate increase for 2017, on top of a 32 percent rate that took effect this year, is evidence that rising costs are not sustainable for the long term.”

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/karen-garloch/article108764207.html#storylink=cpy

It's silly to say that the ACA is "mathematically unsustainable."

ACA is quite sustainable.

The ACA will (slightly) reduce the federal deficit

because "how we pay for it" has already been nailed down in the law.

Dr. Andrew Brod

Thanks Andrew Brod and Ed Cone; "Obamacare premiums are skyrocketing out of sight"

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/10/thanks-andrew-brod-and-ed-cone.html

Our local and state governments get pressure and lots of money

from companies who overcharge for prescriptions in North Carolina

to let Big Pharma continue to rip off taxpayers and patients

"...the most fabulously overpriced health care system in the world delivers notably poor life expectancy outcomes"...

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-most-fabulously-overpriced-health.html

Both sides in North Carolina get the same campaign checks 

from health care industry lobbyists to maintain the pilfering of our citizens

Ed Cone and Andrew Brod's Legacy, part 13; Aetna out of North Carolina ACA

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/ed-cone-and-andrew-brods-legacy-part-13.html

A good chunk of Greensboro's health care industry is comprised of thieves

supported and condoned by the 'government'

How about Ed Cone and Andrew Brod explain why North Carolina's 20.6% Obamacare premium growth

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/how-about-ed-cone-and-andrew-brod.html

Local physicians and providers who play dumb about skyrocketing costs 

are backed by apologists like Andrew Brod and Ed Cone

Dear Ed Cone and Andrew Brod

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/dear-ed-cone-and-andrew-brod.html

How many families did Cone Health force into bankruptcy last year Ed?

How much did you and Andrew lie about the ACA Ed?

Ed Cone on Cone Health's success at stealing from patients and bankrupting families within our local overpriced healthcare monopoly

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/08/ed-cone-on-cone-healths-success-at.html

Our healthcare system is a legal theft racket

What Warren Buffett's outlets won't report; "Colombia Fears U.S. May Reject Peace Plan To Protect Pharma Profits", and what Ed Cone and Andrew Brod don't want to talk about

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-warren-buffetts-outlets-wont.html

Andrew Brod's Legacy; "Blue Cross projects $400M loss in NC on ACA in just 2 years"

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/02/andrew-brods-legacy-blue-cross-projects.html

ACA premiums in NC to rise sharply in 2016; Thanks Andrew Brod

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/11/aca-premiums-in-nc-to-rise-sharply-in.html

Thanks for letting the healthcare industry rape even more consumers

and destroy the financial lives of thousands in our community

Dear Greensboro's Andrew Brod, On the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Obamacare) and Deficit Projections, of which Dr. Brod was Incorrect

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/06/dear-greensboros-andrew-brod-on.html

Dr. Andrew Brod, my deadline for this article is Monday morning at 10am.

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/03/dr-andrew-brod-my-deadline-for-this.html